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Debian 9 Stretch DLA-2718-1 Security Update: Intel Microcode Fixes

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 26, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS releases a notice regarding the mitigation of privilege escalation vulnerabilities stemming from a recent intel-microcode update aimed at enhancing system security.
This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides mitigations for security vulnerabilities which could result in privilege escalation in combination...

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
3.20210608.2~deb9u2.

Please note that one of the processors is not receiving this update
and so the users of 0x906ea processors that don't have Intel Wireless
on-board can use the package from the buster-security, instead.

We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.

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

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: 3.20210608.2~deb9u2
CVE ID: CVE-2020-24489 CVE-2020-24511 CVE-2020-24512

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