CVE-2018-5407

openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash)

Published Nov 15, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1586-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4348-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4355-1 openssl1.0 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17177 Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3840-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105897 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0483 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0651 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3931 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935 cve-icon cve-icon
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/bbbrumley/portsmash cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5407 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-10 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181126-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K49711130?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5407 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45785/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20181112.txt cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-16 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17 cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00592}

epss

{'score': 0.00656}