CVE-2019-12904
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
In Libgcrypt 1.8.4, the C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language implementation is unavailable.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that the issue report cannot be validated because there is no description of an attack
How to fix CVE-2019-12904
To remediate CVE-2019-12904, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.4-r2 or later
Is CVE-2019-12904 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.8.4-r2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |