PT-2019-2190
CVE-2018-12130
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Published
2019-03-06
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Updated
2026-10-31
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel Microprocessors (affected versions not specified)
vCenter Server (affected versions not specified)
ESXi (affected versions not specified)
Workstation (affected versions not specified)
Fusion (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS), which may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. This is due to the speculative execution utilized by some microprocessors.
Recommendations
For Intel Microprocessors, consider applying the microcode updates as guided by Intel to mitigate the risk.
For vCenter Server, update to a version that includes Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS speculative execution vulnerabilities.
For ESXi, update to a version that includes Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS speculative execution vulnerabilities.
For Workstation, update to a version that includes Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS speculative execution vulnerabilities.
For Fusion, update to a version that includes Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for MDS speculative execution vulnerabilities.
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