"Reptar: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Impacts Multi-Tenant Virtualized Environments"
"Reptar: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Impacts Multi-Tenant Virtualized Environments"
Intel has addressed a high severity flaw called Reptar that affects its desktop, mobile, and server CPUs. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23583 with a CVSS score of 8.8, can enable privilege escalation, information disclosure, and/or Denial-of-Service (DoS) via local access. According to Google Cloud, the successful exploitation of the vulnerability could also allow a bypass of the CPU's security boundaries. It is caused by how redundant prefixes are interpreted by the processor.