UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5715

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5715

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5715, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown, https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html, https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html, https://spectreattack.com/, https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr, http://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution, https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update, https://www.qemu.org/2018/01/04/spectre/, https://www.qemu.org/2018/02/14/qemu-2-11-1-and-spectre-update/, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2018-0001.html, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3516-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3530-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3531-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3531-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3542-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3542-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3540-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3540-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3541-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3541-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3549-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3560-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3561-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3580-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3594-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3597-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3597-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3531-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3620-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3690-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5715

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: amd64-microcode

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.20180524.1~ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.20120910-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High