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XSA-254: Information leak via side effects of speculative execution (lists.xen.org)
10 points by liuw 3082 days ago
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Nut quote: "Systems running all versions of Xen are affected," which should be fairly clear based on reading Meltdown/Spectre. This is uniquely bad for hosting providers, and the accelerated disclosure timeline does not help at all. Expect drastic response from unprepared cloud providers in the next 48 hours.
this reads like a report from a bloodbath.