CVE-2020-0549

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.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00016.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10318
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00019.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DT2VKDMQ3I37NBNJ256A2EXR7OJHXXKZ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T5OUM24ZC43G4IDT3JUCIHJTSDXJSK6Y/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200210-0004/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4385-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4701
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00329.html