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CVE-2019-5489
Published: Jan 7, 2019
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13 allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may be possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server.
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References
106478
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
openSUSE-SU-2019:1479
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
DSA-4465
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[debian-lts-announce] 20190617 [SECURITY] [DLA 1823-1] linux security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[debian-lts-announce] 20190618 [SECURITY] [DLA 1824-1] linux-4.9 security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
openSUSE-SU-2019:1570
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
20190618 [SECURITY] [DSA 4465-1] linux security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
openSUSE-SU-2019:1579
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2019:2043
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2029
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2808
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2837
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2809
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:3309
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:3517
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:3967
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4058
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4057
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4056
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4159
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4164
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4255
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0204
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120843
x_refsource_MISC
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01161
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0001/
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