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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-12912 (11.4 SRU 38.101.6)

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-12912 (11.4 SRU 38.101.6)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/12/2020
Created
11/18/2021
Added
11/17/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

A potential vulnerability in the AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" service may allow an attacker to use the Linux-based Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface to show various side channel attacks. In line with industry partners, AMD has updated the RAPL interface to require privileged access.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-consolidation-osnet-osnet-incorporation-11-4-11-4-38-0-1-101-4

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