{"id":"USN-4628-1","summary":"intel-microcode vulnerabilities","details":"Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine\nEasdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running\nAverage Power Limit (RAPL) feature of some Intel processors allowed a side-\nchannel attack based on power consumption measurements. A local attacker\ncould possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-8695)\n\nEzra Caltum, Joseph Nuzman, Nir Shildan and Ofir Joseff discovered that\nsome Intel(R) Processors did not properly remove sensitive information\nbefore storage or transfer in some situations. A local attacker could\npossibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-8696)\n\nEzra Caltum, Joseph Nuzman, Nir Shildan and Ofir Joseff discovered that\nsome Intel(R) Processors did not properly isolate shared resources in some\nsituations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive\ninformation. 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