Information Disclosure in Intel Core I3 (CVE-2018-3646)
Summary
Vulnerability in Intel Core I3 (CVE-2018-3646). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-3646 has been found in Intel Core I3.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Intel Core I3 CVE-2018-3646" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2018-3646 (Intel Core I3) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 5.6
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in Intel Core I3.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Intel Core I3.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.6/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Intel Core I3 を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2018-3646 xen Fixed in: 4.11.1-r0
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2018-3646
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3646 intel-microcode Fixed in: 3.20180703.1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3646 intel-microcode Fixed in: 3.20180807a.0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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