CVE-2020-8695 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Processors

What is CVE-2020-8695?

CVE-2020-8695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Observable discrepancy in the RAPL interface for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8695?

It affects 301 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Intel Celeron 3855u Firmware, Intel Celeron 3865u Firmware, Intel Celeron 3955u Firmware, Intel Celeron 3965u Firmware and 295 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8695?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-8695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8695, GHSA-55fx-92rr-h42r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8695, USN-4628-2.