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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.0046
SUSE Security Update: Security update for ucode-intel
4 January 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ucode-intel
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-5715
Reference: ASB-2018.0002.2
ESB-2018.0042
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180006-1/
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for ucode-intel
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0006-1
Rating: important
References: #1068032
Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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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 SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-7=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-7=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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