openSUSE-SU-2021:1212-1

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    openSUSE-SU-2021:1212-1

    Published: 30 Aug 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5753
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-5753

    Summary: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker

    Details: This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues: spectre-meltdown-checker was updated to version 0.44 (bsc#1189477) - feat: add support for SRBDS related vulnerabilities - feat: add zstd kernel decompression (#370) - enh: arm: add experimental support for binary arm images - enh: rsb filling: no longer need the 'strings' tool to check for kernel support in live mode - fix: fwdb: remove Intel extract tempdir on exit - fix: has_vmm: ignore kernel threads when looking for a hypervisor (fixes #278) - fix: fwdb: use the commit date as the intel fwdb version - fix: fwdb: update Intel's repository URL - fix: arm64: CVE-2017-5753: kernels 4.19+ use a different nospec macro - fix: on CPU parse info under FreeBSD - chore: github: add check run on pull requests - chore: fwdb: update to v165.20201021+i20200616 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

    References: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/5IDOTKMILRKOFD2ODQXJF3OOEYZ3EMR5/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189477, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: spectre-meltdown-checker

    Purl: pkg:rpm/opensuse/spectre-meltdown-checker&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.44-lp152.2.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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