openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ucode-intel
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU--1
Rating:             important
References:         #1068032 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.3
                    openSUSE Leap 42.2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:



   This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

   The CPU microcode for Haswell-X, Skylake-X and Broadwell-X chipsets was
   updated to report both branch prediction control via CPUID flag and
   ability to control branch prediction via an MSR register.

   This update is part of a mitigation for a branch predictor based
   information disclosure attack, and needs additional code in the Linux
   Kernel to be active (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-4=1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-4=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.1
      ucode-intel-blob-20170707-13.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-7.9.1
      ucode-intel-blob-20170707-7.9.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-7.9.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-7.9.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032

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