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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)