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Greenbone OS - 'Spectre' Backporting Error - September 19
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
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
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The Linux Kernel in Greenbone OS is prone to a backporting error.
Insight
Insight
A backporting error reintroduced a spectre-v1 vulnerability in the ptrace subsystem in the ptrace_get_debugreg() function.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Greenbone OS prior to 4.3.18 and 5.0.x prior to version 5.0.12.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to Greenbone OS 4.3.18, 5.0.12 or later.