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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.4730 Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker 20 December 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: spectre-meltdown-checker Publisher: SUSE Operating System: SUSE Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-11135 CVE-2018-12207 Reference: ASB-2019.0330 ASB-2019.0322 ESB-2019.4676 ESB-2019.4584 ESB-2019.4508 Original Bulletin: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20193348-1.html https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20193340-1.html Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) SUSE security advisories. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- SUSE Security Update: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3348-1 Rating: moderate References: #1117665 #1139073 Cross-References: CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2019-11135 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues: - - feat: implement TAA detection (CVE-2019-11135 bsc#1139073) - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection (CVE-2018-12207 bsc#1117665) - feat: taa: add TSX_CTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub repo and MCEdb to build our firmware version database - feat: use --live with - --kernel/--config/--map to override file detection in live mode - enh: rework the vuln logic of MDS with --paranoid (fixes #307) - enh: explain that Enhanced IBRS is better for performance than classic IBRS - enh: kernel: autodetect customized arch kernels from cmdline - enh: kernel decompression: better tolerance against missing tools - enh: mock: implement reading from /proc/ cmdline - fix: variant3a: Silvermont CPUs are not vulnerable to variant 3a - fix: lockdown: detect Red Hat locked down kernels (impacts MSR writes) - fix: lockdown: detect locked down mode in vanilla 5.4+ kernels - fix: sgx: on locked down kernels, fallback to CPUID bit for detection - fix: fwdb: builtin version takes precedence if the local cached version is older - fix: pteinv: don't check kernel image if not available - fix: silence useless error from grep (fixes #322) - fix: msr: fix msr module detection under Ubuntu 19.10 (fixes # 316) - fix: mocking value for read_msr - chore: rename mcedb cmdline parameters to fwdb, and change db version scheme - chore: fwdb: update to v130.20191104+i20191027 - chore: add GitHub check workflow Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-3348=1 Package List: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 (x86_64): spectre-meltdown-checker-0.43-3.3.1 References: o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207.html o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135.html o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117665 o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139073 ============================================================================== SUSE Security Update: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3340-1 Rating: moderate References: #1117665 #1139073 Cross-References: CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2019-11135 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues: o version 0.43 - feat: implement TAA detection (CVE-2019-11135 bsc#1139073) - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection (CVE-2018-12207 bsc# 1117665) - feat: taa: add TSX_CTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub repo and MCEdb to build our firmware version database - feat: use --live with --kernel/--config/--map to override file detection in live mode - enh: rework the vuln logic of MDS with --paranoid (fixes #307) - enh: explain that Enhanced IBRS is better for performance than classic IBRS - enh: kernel: autodetect customized arch kernels from cmdline - enh: kernel decompression: better tolerance against missing tools - enh: mock: implement reading from /proc/cmdline - fix: variant3a: Silvermont CPUs are not vulnerable to variant 3a - fix: lockdown: detect Red Hat locked down kernels (impacts MSR writes) - fix: lockdown: detect locked down mode in vanilla 5.4+ kernels - fix: sgx: on locked down kernels, fallback to CPUID bit for detection - fix: fwdb: builtin version takes precedence if the local cached version is older - fix: pteinv: don't check kernel image if not available - fix: silence useless error from grep (fixes #322) - fix: msr: fix msr module detection under Ubuntu 19.10 (fixes #316) - fix: mocking value for read_msr - chore: rename mcedb cmdline parameters to fwdb, and change db version scheme - chore: fwdb: update to v130.20191104+i20191027 - chore: add GitHub check workflow Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3340=1 Package List: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (x86_64): spectre-meltdown-checker-0.43-3.3.1 References: o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207.html o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135.html o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117665 o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139073 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. 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