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Fedora 38 Update FEDORA-2023-7228464f28: Zenbleed Detection Enhancements

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest Fedora 38 upgrade brings improvements in identifying the Zenbleed security flaw, along with enhancements to CPU microcode and various bug fixes.
This release mainly focuses on the detection of the new Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593) vulnerability, among few other changes that were in line waiting for a release: * feat: detect the...

Summary

Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux.

Update Information:

This release mainly focuses on the detection of the new Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593) vulnerability, among few other changes that were in line waiting for a release: * feat: detect the vulnerability and mitigation of Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593) * feat: add the linux-firmware repository as another source for CPU microcode versions * feat: arm: add Neoverse-N2, Neoverse-V1 and Neoverse-V2 * fix: rewrite SQL to be sqlite3 >= 3.41 compatible ([#443](https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker/issues/443)) * fix: a /devnull file was mistakenly created on the filesystem * fix: fwdb: ignore MCEdb versions where an official Intel version exists (fixes [#430](https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker/issues/430))

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security advisory fedora software update detection cpu microcode zenbleed

Change Log

* Sat Aug 12 2023 Reto Gantenbein - 0.46-1 - Update to 0.46 * Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.45-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2232230 - 2023 ZENBLEED not covered by fedora version from april 2023 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2232230

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-7228464f28' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: spectre-meltdown-checker
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 0.46
Release: 1.fc38
URL: https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
Summary: Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux

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security advisory fedora software update detection cpu microcode zenbleed

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