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SUSE: 2020:3374-1 Moderate: Addressing Intel Microcode Issues

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2020
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SUSE Linux has released an update concerning ucode-intel under advisory ID SUSE-SU-2020:3374-1, which resolves three identified concerns that pose moderate risk levels.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Summary

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: - Updated Intel CPU Microcode to 20201110 official release. - CVE-2020-8695: Fixed Intel RAPL sidechannel attack (SGX) (bsc#1170446) - CVE-2020-8698: Fixed Fast Store Forward Predictor INTEL-SA-00381 (bsc#1173594) - CVE-2020-8696: Vector Register Sampling Active INTEL-SA-00381 (bsc#1173592) - Release notes: - Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00381](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00381.html). - Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00389](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00389.html). - Update for functional issues. Refer to [Second Generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family Specification

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE Linux patch instructions ucode-intel sidechannel attack high performance computing

References

#1170446 #1173592 #1173594

Cross- CVE-2020-8695 CVE-2020-8696 CVE-2020-8698

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8695.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8696.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8698.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1170446

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173592

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173594

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3374-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE Linux patch instructions ucode-intel sidechannel attack high performance computing

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