Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2018-5407 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Node.js

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy12 documents9 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
20
OpensslNodejs Node.jsOracle VM Virtualbox+17 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages16 packages

▶NVDtenable/nessus< 8.1.1
▶NVDnodejs/node.js8.0.0 — 8.11.4+2
▶NVDopenssl/openssl1.0.2 — 1.0.2q+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, Enterprise Linux 7.6

Patches

Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-3rjg-j575-7f6p: Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing att↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-5407: Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing att↗2018-11-15
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5407: Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing att↗2018-11-15
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💥Exploits & PoCs

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Exploit-DB
Intel (Skylake / Kaby Lake) - 'PortSmash' CPU SMT Side-Channel↗2018-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
OpenSSL vulnerabilities↗2018-12-06
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Red Hat
openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash)↗2018-10-30
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Debian
CVE-2018-5407: openssl - Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to explo...↗2018
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5407 compat-openssl10: openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash) [fedora-all]↗2018-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5407 mingw-openssl: openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash) [epel-7]↗2018-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5407 mingw-openssl: openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash) [fedora-all]↗2018-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5407 openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash)↗2018-11-02
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