CVE-2019-1125

Public on 2019-08-05

Modified on 2019-08-12

Description

A Spectre gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre like side channel.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.9

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	2019-08-05 17:40	ALAS-2019-1253
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	kernel	2019-08-05 17:48	ALAS2-2019-1253

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-1125 Mitre: CVE-2019-1125 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity