openSUSE: 2018:1631-1 Moderate: Indirect Branch Prediction Security Fix
opensuse
June 9, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2017-5715: Prevent unauthorized disclosure of information to an
attacker with local user access caused by speculative execution and
indirect branch prediction (bsc#1095735)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-590=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):
kernel-firmware-20170530-20.1
ucode-amd-20170530-20.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095735
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1631-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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