Number: AV19-093
Date: 14 May 2019
On 14 May 2019, Intel has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting various Intel products. One vulnerability of note is the new class of side channel vulnerabilities impacting all modern Intel chips, which can use speculative execution to potentially leak sensitive data from a system’s CPU. This new vulnerability is known as “zombieload”. Successful exploitation may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable sensitive information disclosure.
CCCS encourages users and administrators to review the Intel Advisories webpage for the respective products and apply the necessary updates: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/default.html
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