CVE-2020-28368 (GCVE-0-2020-28368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-10 18:17 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:33
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Summary
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.
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