CVE-2020-0543

Public on 2020-06-15
Modified on 2022-01-28
Description
A new domain bypass transient execution attack known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) has been found. This flaw allows data values from special internal registers to be leaked by an attacker able to execute code on any core of the CPU. An unprivileged, local attacker can use this flaw to infer values returned by affected instructions known to be commonly used during cryptographic operations that rely on uniqueness, secrecy, or both.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2020-07-14 ALAS-2020-1401 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-07-21 ALAS2-2020-1465 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-012 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 microcode_ctl 2020-07-14 ALAS-2020-1396 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core microcode_ctl 2020-06-26 ALAS2-2020-1444 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N