[Info-vax] Intel x86-64 Processor Design Security Vulnerability?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2018-01-02 16:20:27 +0000, Stephen Hoffman said:

> There's speculation around a potential security vulnerability...


"SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: hpesbhf03805en_us
Version: 1
HPESBHF03805 rev.4 - Certain HPE products using Microprocessors from 
Intel, AMD, and ARM, with Speculative Execution, Elevation of Privilege 
and Information Disclosure

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon 
as soon as possible.

Release Date: 2018-01-05
Last Updated: 2018-01-09
Potential Security Impact: Local: Disclosure of Information, Elevation 
of Privilege
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
On January 3 2018, side-channel security vulnerabilities involving 
speculative execution were publicly disclosed. These vulnerabilities 
may impact the listed HPE products, potentially leading to information 
disclosure and elevation of privilege. Mitigation and resolution of 
these vulnerabilities may call for both an operating system update, 
provided by the OS vendor, and a system ROM update from HPE."

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https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03805en_us




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