CVE-2018-5407
Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 4.7 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cret@cert.org
- Published
- 2018-11-15
- Last modified
- 2026-10-08
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-203
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Processors Supporting Simultaneous Multi-threading (Na)
- Node.js (Nodejs)
- Openssl (Openssl)
- Api Gateway (Oracle)
- Application Server (Oracle)
- Enterprise Manager Base Platform (Oracle)
- Enterprise Manager Ops Center (Oracle)
- Mysql Enterprise Backup (Oracle)
- Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools (Oracle)
- Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (Oracle)
- Tuxedo (Oracle)
- Vm Virtualbox (Oracle)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Tus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Nessus (Tenable)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0483
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181126-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-10
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-16
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45785/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html
- https://github.com/bbbrumley/portsmash
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105897
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0651
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K49711130?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3931
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
