CVE-2019-11091 Information disclosure in Central Processing Units (CPUs)

Medium 5.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit speculative execution flaws in Intel CPUs to disclose sensitive information via side channels.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-11091?

CVE-2019-11091 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM): Uncacheable memory on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11091?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Intel Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11091?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-11091 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11091 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-11091, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11091, GHSA-25x5-mfj4-w63g, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11091.

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