DSA-4273-1 intel-microcode -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4273-1 intel-microcode -- security update

Date Reported:

16 Aug 2018

Affected Packages:

intel-microcode

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2018-3640.

More information:

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides SSBD support (needed to address Spectre v4) and fixes for Spectre v3a.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.20180703.2~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.

For the detailed security status of intel-microcode please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/intel-microcode