Speculative Execution Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
CVE-2024-2193
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Amd
- Status
- Cpu
- Xen
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 15 March 2024
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Summary
This vulnerability involves a speculative race condition that targets modern CPU architectures equipped with speculative execution capabilities. Unauthorized attackers may exploit this flaw to retrieve sensitive data from the CPU by manipulating race conditions, thereby gaining access to speculative execution paths. This exploitation can lead to the unintended disclosure of confidential information, emphasizing the importance of applying necessary security updates and patches to affected products to mitigate this risk.
Affected Version(s)
CPU See advisory AMD-SB-7016
Xen consult Xen advisory XSA-453
News Articles
Linux SecurityCVE-2024-2193New GhostRace Attack Impacts Major CPU, Software Vendors | LinuxSecurity.com
What Is the GhostRace Attack? IBM and VU Amsterdam University researchers have identified a new
9 months ago
Risky BizRisky Biz News: NIST NVD stopped enriching CVEs a month ago
In other news: LockBit member sentenced to prison; CIA runs anti-China info-op; new GhostRace side-channel attack.
10 months ago
Heimdal SecurityCVE-2024-2193Researchers Disclose Proof of Concept for New GhostRace Attack
IBM and VU Amsterdam University researchers published on March 12th their study about the new GhostRace attack type.
10 months ago
References
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Used in Ransomware
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Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
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First article discovered by vusec
Vulnerability Reserved