CVE-2020-28368
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-11-10 18:17Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-11-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2eeb06c3015782e5fdc753f65127f25034cc939acef09c6083e150a5dd7722ae
05 Affected products
06 References
- xenbits.xen.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-351.html
- platypusattack.comhttps://platypusattack.com
- www.zdnet.comhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/new-platypus-attack-can-steal-data-from-intel-cpus/
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-351.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2684e0faddhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XV23EZIMNLJN4YXRRXLQV2ALW6ZEALXV/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20201126 Xen Security Advisory 351 v2 (CVE-2020-28368) - Information leak via power sidechannelhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/26/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-d71fa5f0b9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J66QUUHXH2RR4CNCKQRGVXVSOUFRPDA/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4804https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.14.0+80-gd101b417b7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.14.0+80-gd101b417b7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.14.0+80-gd101b417b7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.