IBM AIX: spectre_meltdown_advisory, spectre_update_advisory, variant4_advisory (CVE-2018-3639): Speculative execution and indirect branch prediction vulnerabilities
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
05/22/2018
07/25/2018
06/15/2018
04/16/2021
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4.
Solution(s)
- ibm-aix-spectre_meltdown_advisory
- ibm-aix-spectre_update_advisory
- ibm-aix-variant4_advisory
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