openSUSE-SU-2021:1212-1: moderate: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker
openSUSE Security Update: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1212-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1189477
Cross-References: CVE-2017-5753
CVSS scores:
CVE-2017-5753 (NVD) : 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2017-5753 (SUSE): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:
spectre-meltdown-checker was updated to version 0.44 (bsc#1189477)
- feat: add support for SRBDS related vulnerabilities
- feat: add zstd kernel decompression (#370)
- enh: arm: add experimental support for binary arm images
- enh: rsb filling: no longer need the 'strings' tool to check for kernel
support in live mode
- fix: fwdb: remove Intel extract tempdir on exit
- fix: has_vmm: ignore kernel threads when looking for a hypervisor (fixes
#278)
- fix: fwdb: use the commit date as the intel fwdb version
- fix: fwdb: update Intel's repository URL
- fix: arm64: CVE-2017-5753: kernels 4.19+ use a different nospec macro
- fix: on CPU parse info under FreeBSD
- chore: github: add check run on pull requests
- chore: fwdb: update to v165.20201021+i20200616
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.
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 15.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1212=1
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):
spectre-meltdown-checker-0.44-lp152.2.3.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189477
A spectre-meltdown-checker security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.
