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Processor Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities (Linux)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 125216
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Synopsis
The remote host is has not properly mitigated a series of speculative execution vulnerabilities.Description
The remote host has not properly mitigated a series of known speculative execution vulnerabilities. It, therefore, may be affected by :- Spectre variant 1 (CVE-2017-5753)
- Spectre variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715)
- Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754)
Solution
Properly mitigate the vulnerabilities.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 125216
File Name: linux_kernel_speculative_execution_detect.nbin
Version: 1.218
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 5/16/2019
Updated: 3/19/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5715
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux
Required KB Items: Host/proc/cpuinfo
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2018
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)