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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844706
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4627-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-4.15, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-lts-trusty, linux-lts-xenial, linux-oem, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4' package(s) announced via the USN-4627-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-4.15, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-lts-trusty, linux-lts-xenial, linux-oem, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4' package(s) announced via the USN-4627-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine
Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running
Average Power Limit (RAPL) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
restrict access to power data. A local attacker could possibly use this to
expose sensitive information.

Affected Software/OS:
'linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-4.15, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-lts-trusty, linux-lts-xenial, linux-oem, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-8694
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00389
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
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