PT-2023-6562
CVE-2023-23583
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Published
2023-10-24
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Updated
2026-10-31
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel Processors (affected versions not specified)
Description
A sequence of processor instructions can lead to unexpected behavior in some Intel processors, potentially allowing an authenticated user to enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure, or denial of service via local access. This issue is related to the interpretation of redundant prefixes and can cause the system to crash or become unresponsive. The vulnerability, termed Reptar, primarily affects multi-tenant virtualized environments where multiple virtual machines are run on the same host.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Vendors
Affected products
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