VMSA-2018-0002: ESXi Branch Target Injection (CVE-2017-5715)
2
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
01/04/2018
07/25/2018
01/10/2018
04/16/2021
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- vmware-esxi55-upgrade-7618464
- vmware-esxi60-upgrade-6856897
- vmware-esxi65-upgrade-7273056
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