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Debian: DSA-4210-1 Moderate: Xen Spectre V4 Mitigation Announcement

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Calendar Grey May 25, 2018
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This notice outlines strategies to counter Spectre v4 vulnerabilities on x86 CPUs and provides essential upgrade instructions for users on the Debian platform.
This update provides mitigations for the Spectre v4 variant in x86-based micro processors

Summary

This update provides mitigations for the Spectre v4 variant in x86-based
micro processors. On Intel CPUs this requires updated microcode which
is currently not released publicly (but your hardware vendor may have
issued an update). For servers with AMD CPUs no microcode update is
needed, please refer to https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-263.html
for further information.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

For the detailed security status of xen please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: xen
CVE ID: CVE-2018-3639

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