CVE-2022-42331
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CVE-2022-42331 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | >= 4.5.0, <= 4.17.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 37 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 38 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/21/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-429.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5L6PM4RE7MUE6OWA32ZVOXCP235RM2TM/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APBMS2Q6746AXAFAITNJMGBNFGNMVLWR/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5378Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-429.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/21/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-429.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5L6PM4RE7MUE6OWA32ZVOXCP235RM2TM/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APBMS2Q6746AXAFAITNJMGBNFGNMVLWR/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5378Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-429.txtVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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