openSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1

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Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/openSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/openSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1
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Published
2019-12-30T23:14:20Z
Modified
2019-12-30T23:14:20Z
Summary
Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker
Details

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

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

References

Affected packages

openSUSE:Leap 15.1 / spectre-meltdown-checker

Package

Name
spectre-meltdown-checker
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/spectre-meltdown-checker&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.43-lp151.3.3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "spectre-meltdown-checker": "0.43-lp151.3.3.1"
        }
    ]
}