Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gcc-defaults  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-GCCDEFAULTS-2779305
  • published12 Jun 2020
  • disclosed8 Jun 2020

Introduced: 8 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:22.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gcc-defaults package and not the gcc-defaults package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Arm Armv8-A core implementations utilizing speculative execution past unconditional changes in control flow may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka "straight-line speculation."