CVE-2024-2193

Speculative Race Condition impacts modern CPU architectures that support speculative execution, also known as GhostRace.

Description

A Speculative Race Condition (SRC) vulnerability that impacts modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution (related to Spectre V1) has been disclosed. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose arbitrary data from the CPU using race conditions to access the speculative executable code paths.

Category

5.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
Affected: AMD CPU
Affected: Xen Xen
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/488902
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-453.html
https://www.vusec.net/projects/ghostrace/
https://download.vusec.net/papers/ghostrace_sec24.pdf
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=944d5fe50f3f03daacfea16300e656a1691c4a23
https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2024/03/12/ghostrace
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7016.html
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/488902
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZON4TLXG7TG4A2XZG563JMVTGQW4SF3A/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H63LGAQXPEVJOES73U4XK65I6DASOAAG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIUICU6CVJUIB6BPJ7P5QTPQR5VOBHFK/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/14
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-453.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-2193?
CVE-2024-2193 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-2193?
To fix CVE-2024-2193, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2024-2193 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2024-2193 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-2193?
CVE-2024-2193 affects AMD CPU, Xen Xen.
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