CVE-2018-5407

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5407
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-15 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:58:00 UTC
DescriptionSimultaneous 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'.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All
Application Oracle Api Gateway 11.1.2.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Api Gateway 11.1.2.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 0.9.8 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 0.9.8 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 12.1.0.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.3.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 12.1.0.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.3.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Enterprise Backup All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Enterprise Backup All All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.55 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.56 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.55 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.56 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 15.2 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 16.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 16.2 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 18.8 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 8.4 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 15.2 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 16.1 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 16.2 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 18.8 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 8.4 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management All All All All
Application Oracle Tuxedo 12.1.1.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Tuxedo 12.1.1.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Vm Virtualbox All All All All
Application Oracle Vm Virtualbox All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K49711130 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[R1] Nessus 7.1.4 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
[R1] Nessus 8.1.1 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4348-1 openssl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
myF5 support.f5.com
CVE-2018-5407 Simultaneous Multithreading Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
November 2018 Security Releases | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-10) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf MISC eprint.iacr.org Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2019 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Intel (Skylake / Kaby Lake) - 'PortSmash' CPU SMT Side-Channel - Hardware local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1586-1] openssl security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL CVE-2018-5407 Side Channel Attack Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4355-1 openssl1.0 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3840-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - bbbrumley/portsmash MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 296090 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 5.1.3 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 377283 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ovmf security and enhancement update (moderate) (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0106)
  • 690613 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (6f170cf2-e6b7-11e8-a9a8-b499baebfeaf)
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