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