Headline
CVE-2022-23960: Arm: CVE-2022-23960 Cache Speculation Restriction Vulnerability
Why is the MITRE Corporation the assigning CNA (CVE Numbering Authority)?
CVE-2022-23960 is regarding a vulnerability known as Spectre-BHB. MITRE created this CVE on behalf of Arm Limited.
Please see Spectre-BHB on arm Developer for more information.
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Description
Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation, aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information.
References
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- CONFIRM:https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- DEBIAN:DSA-5173
- URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
- MISC:https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20220701 [SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update
- URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20220318 Xen Security Advisory 398 v2 - Multiple speculative security issues
- URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/18/2
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20220126
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Assigned (20220126)
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