FKIE_CVE-2020-4788

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-11-20 04:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:20
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
IBM Power9 (AIX 7.1, 7.2, and VIOS 3.1) processors could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from the data in the L1 cache under extenuating circumstances. IBM X-Force ID: 189296.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/20/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189296VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TITJQPYDWZ4NB2ONJWUXW75KSQIPF35T/
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZF4OGZPKTAJJXWHPIFP3LHEWWEMR5LPT/
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370729Patch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/20/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189296VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TITJQPYDWZ4NB2ONJWUXW75KSQIPF35T/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZF4OGZPKTAJJXWHPIFP3LHEWWEMR5LPT/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370729Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm vios 3.1.0
ibm vios 3.1.1
ibm vios 3.1.2
ibm aix 7.1.0
ibm aix 7.1.5
ibm aix 7.2.0
ibm aix 7.2.3
ibm aix 7.2.4
ibm aix 7.2.5
ibm power9 -
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
oracle communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function 22.1.3
oracle communications_cloud_native_core_network_exposure_function 22.1.1
oracle communications_cloud_native_core_policy 22.2.0
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