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Debian 8 DLA-1506-1 Moderate: Intel Microcode Side-Channel Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey September 16, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance the intel-microcode software to mitigate various side-channel vulnerabilities in Debian Jessie.
Security researchers identified speculative execution side-channel methods which have the potential to improperly gather sensitive data from multiple types of computing devices wit...
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Summary

This update requires an update to the intel-microcode package, which is
non-free. It is related to DLA-1446-1 and adds more mitigations for
additional types of Intel processors.

For more information please also read the official Intel security
advisories at:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00088.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00115.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00161.html

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
3.20180807a.1~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.

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


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Package: intel-microcode
Version: 3.20180807a.1~deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-3615, CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646

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