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Apple Mac OS X Speculative Execution Side-Channel Vulnerability-Meltdown (HT208465)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mac OS X Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.7
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running Apple Mac OS X and is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists as systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apple Mac OS X version 10.12.x through 10.12.6 before build 16G1212 and 10.11.x through 10.11.6 before build 15G19009.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Apply the supplemental update from the vendor.