CVE-2020-28368

xen: information leak via power sidechannel

Published Nov 10, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Xen through 4.14.x allows guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information (such as AES keys from outside the guest) via a side-channel attack on a power/energy monitoring interface, aka a "Platypus" attack. NOTE: there is only one logically independent fix: to change the access control for each such interface in Xen.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4804-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20827 Xen through 4.14.x allows guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information (such as AES keys from outside the guest) via a side-channel attack on a power/energy monitoring interface, aka a "Platypus" attack. NOTE: there is only one logically independent fix: to change the access control for each such interface in Xen.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:33 PM
Reserved
Nov 9, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 10, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 10, 2020, 12:00 AM