USN-3542-1: linux Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-3542-1 is a vulnerability in linux Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 23-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
linux vulnerabilities Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provides mitigations for the i386 (CVE-2017-5753 only) and amd64 architectures.
CVSS metrics
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EPSS trend
No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu1 product
- linux< 3.13.0-141.190
1 vendor · 1 product