Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max devices through 2022-07-15 allow attacks via Hertzbleed, which is a power side-channel attack that extracts secret information from the CPU by correlating the power consumption with data being processed on the system.
The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.
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https://amperecomputing.com/products/security-bulletins/hertzbleed.html | vendor advisory |
https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ka005111/1-0/?lang=en | third party advisory technical description |