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VMSA-2019-0010: Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-12130)

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VMSA-2019-0010: Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-12130)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/30/2019
Created
07/05/2019
Added
07/04/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS): Fill buffers on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi60-upgrade-13635687
  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-13635690
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-13644319

References

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