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CVE-2018-3693

Publication date 10 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a speculative buffer overflow and side-channel analysis.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
intel-microcode 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 3.20180312.0~ubuntu17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.20180312.0~ubuntu16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.20180312.0~ubuntu14.04.1
linux 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-112.135
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.13.0-157.207
linux-aws 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1049.58
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-1011.11
linux-azure 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-edge 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-9023.24
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1017.22
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-wily 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-111.134~14.04.1
linux-maguro 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1085.93
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1087.92
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


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Also known as "Bounds Check Bypass Store" This issue is mitigated using the same techniques as CVE-2017-5753. Ubuntu and the rest of the Linux kernel community will continue to monitor for vulnerable instances in the kernel and insert speculation barriers, as needed.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N