FreeBSD : Intel CPU issues (fbcba194-ac7d-11ea-8b5e-b42e99a1b9c3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144625

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Intel reports :

Intel CPUs suffer Special Register Buffer Data Sampling vulnerability

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fcba6e7d

http://www.nessus.org/u?19574d10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144625

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fbcba194ac7d11ea8b5eb42e99a1b9c3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 12/29/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0543

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:devcpu-data, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0543