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SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1 Not scored

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis (bsc#1091107, bsc#1027519). These non-security issue were fixed: - bsc#1102116: SSBD is not virtualized for guests - bsc#1101684: Not able to disable the visibility of the new CPU flags

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 23, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1

This update for xen fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis (bsc#1091107, bsc#1027519). These non-security issue were fixed: - bsc#1102116: SSBD is not virtualized for guests - bsc#1101684: Not able to disable the visibility of the new CPU flags

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05 / REFERENCES

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