An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ucode-intel ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU--1 Rating: important References: #1068032 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 -- . openSUSE Security Patch for ucode-intel rectifies serious vulnerabilities involving branches and information leaks..openSUSE Update, Information Disclosure, Branch Prediction, Security Patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for microcode_ctl ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0009-1 Rating: important References: #1068032 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues: Added microcode_amd_fam17h.bin (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715) This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor. Also the CPU microcode for Intel 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 SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-13390=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp3-microcode_ctl-13390=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-microcode_ctl-13390=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64): microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.6.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 x86_64): microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.6.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586): microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032 . SUSE Security Patch for libvirt rectifies a memory leak problem with an important fix. Update promptly.. microcode_ctl Update, Branch Prediction Mitigation, SUSE Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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