CVE-2020-28368
lowpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Xen through 4.14.x allows guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information (such as AES keys from outside the guest) via a side-channel attack on a power/energy monitoring interface, aka a "Platypus" attack. NOTE: there is only one logically independent fix: to change the access control for each such interface in Xen.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–4.4
weaknesses
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affected products (28)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Avaya Aura Application Enablement Servicesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_application_enablement_services:-
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-0999Intel Prozessoren: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2020-11-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Intel Prozessoren ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (33)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/26/1cnnvd
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-351.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J66QUUHXH2RR4CNCKQRGVXVSOUFRPDA/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XV23EZIMNLJN4YXRRXLQV2ALW6ZEALXV/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28368cnnvd
- https://platypusattack.comcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Xen-information-disclosure-via-Power-Interfaces-Weak-Access-33884cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4123/cnnvd
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