Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2862-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5753 ( SUSE ): 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
  • 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 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2862=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2862=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2862=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.44-3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.44-3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.44-3.6.1

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