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CVE-2020-8696

Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authentica

Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00243
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Weakness Classification

CWE-212Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer
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Affected Products & Versions

7
intel microcodeall versions
netapp clustered data ontapall versions
netapp hcl compute node biosall versions
netapp hci storage node biosall versions
netapp solidfire biosall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
debian linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secure@intel.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Nov 2020 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

30
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11478-1
rhsaRHSA-2021:3317Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:3322Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:3255Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:3364Important
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00007.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAAGIK5CXKBPGY3R4UR5VO56M7MKLZ43/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0006/Third Party Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00381Vendor Advisory
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