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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1789-1] intel-microcode security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'intel-microcode' package(s) announced via the DSA-1789-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
This update ships updated CPU microcode for most types of Intel CPUs. It provides microcode support to implement mitigations for the MSBDS, MFBDS, MLPDS and MDSUM hardware vulnerabilities. To fully resolve these vulnerabilities it is also necessary to update the Linux kernel packages. Please refer to DLA-1787-1 for the Linux kernel updates required to mitigate these hardware vulnerabilities on Intel processors.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'intel-microcode' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.20190514.1~deb8u1 of the intel-microcode package, and also by the Linux kernel package updates described in DLA-1787-1. We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages, and Linux kernel packages.