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Intel: Two New Security Issues on Processors Related to Data Leakage

Calendar Jan 28, 2020 • User Avatar Brittany Day
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security advisory Intel local access information disclosure data leakage clean up errors

Intel last night made public two more data leakage disclosures, which tie back to Zombieload and November's TAA issue.

Here are the new disclosures:

CVEID: CVE-2020-0548
Description: Cleanup errors in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 2.8 Low

CVE-2020-0549
Description: Cleanup errors in some data cache evictions for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

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