Debug Exception May Cause Unexpected Behavior

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Debug Exception May Cause Unexpected Behavior [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/05/08/Debug-Exception-May-Cause-Unexpected-Behavior ] 05/08/2018 
08:52 PM EDT 
Original release date: May 08, 2018

CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has released information for CVE-2018-8897 [ 
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8897 ] unexpected behavior for debug exceptions. A local 
attacker could exploit this bug to obtain sensitive information.

NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review CERT/CCs Vulnerability Note VU #631579 [ 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/631579 ] for more information and refer to operating system or software vendors for 
appropriate patches.

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