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<h1>Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2024:0885-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-2362">jsc#PED-2362</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-5514">jsc#SLE-5514</a>
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Cross-References:
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593.html">CVE-2023-20593</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20593</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">6.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20593</span>
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(
NVD
):
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<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and contains two features can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>updated to 0.46
This release mainly focuses on the detection of the new Zenbleed
(CVE-2023-20593) vulnerability, among few other changes that were in
line waiting for a release:</li>
<li>feat: detect the vulnerability and mitigation of Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593)</li>
<li>feat: add the linux-firmware repository as another source for CPU microcode versions</li>
<li>feat: arm: add Neoverse-N2, Neoverse-V1 and Neoverse-V2</li>
<li>fix: docker: adding missing utils (#433)</li>
<li>feat: add support for Guix System kernel</li>
<li>fix: rewrite SQL to be sqlite3 >= 3.41 compatible (#443)</li>
<li>fix: a /devnull file was mistakenly created on the filesystem</li>
<li>
<p>fix: fwdb: ignore MCEdb versions where an official Intel version exists (fixes #430)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>updated to 0.45</p>
</li>
<li>arm64: phytium: Add CPU Implementer Phytium</li>
<li>arm64: variant 4: detect ssbd mitigation from kernel img, system.map or kconfig</li>
<li>chore: ensure vars are set before being dereferenced (set -u compat)</li>
<li>chore: fix indentation</li>
<li>chore: fwdb: update to v220+i20220208</li>
<li>chore: only attempt to load msr and cpuid module once</li>
<li>chore: read_cpuid: use named constants</li>
<li>chore: readme: framapic is gone, host the screenshots on GitHub</li>
<li>chore: replace 'Vulnerable to' by 'Affected by' in the hw section</li>
<li>chore: speculative execution -> transient execution</li>
<li>chore: update fwdb to v222+i20220208</li>
<li>chore: update Intel Family 6 models</li>
<li>chore: wording: model not vulnerable -> model not affected</li>
<li>doc: add an FAQ entry about CVE support</li>
<li>doc: add an FAQ.md and update the README.md accordingly</li>
<li>doc: more FAQ and README</li>
<li>doc: readme: make the FAQ entry more visible</li>
<li>feat: add --allow-msr-write, no longer write by default (#385), detect when writing is denied</li>
<li>feat: add --cpu, apply changes to (read|write)_msr, update fwdb to v221+i20220208</li>
<li>feat: add subleaf != 0 support for read_cpuid</li>
<li>feat: arm: add Cortex A77 and Neoverse-N1 (fixes #371)</li>
<li>feat: bsd: for unimplemented CVEs, at least report when CPU is not affected</li>
<li>feat: hw check: add IPRED, RRSBA, BHI features check</li>
<li>feat: implement detection for MCEPSC under BSD</li>
<li>feat: set default TMPDIR for Android (#415)</li>
<li>fix: extract_kernel: don't overwrite kernel_err if already set</li>
<li>fix: has_vmm false positive with pcp</li>
<li>fix: is_ucode_blacklisted: fix some model names</li>
<li>fix: mcedb: v191 changed the MCE table format</li>
<li>fix: refuse to run under MacOS and ESXi</li>
<li>fix: retpoline: detection on 5.15.28+ (#420)</li>
<li>fix: variant4: added case where prctl ssbd status is tagged as 'unknown'</li>
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<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1</code>
</li>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1</code>
</li>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-2362">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-2362</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-5514">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-5514</a>
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