The Debian 'amd64-microcode' package is missing an update as announced via the DLA-3511-1 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered a flaw in Zen 2 CPUs under specific microarchitectural circumstances, allowing an attacker to leak register contents.
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script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Tavis Ormandy discovered that under specific microarchitectural circumstances, a vector register in Zen 2 CPUs may not be written to 0 correctly. This flaw allows an attacker to leak register contents across concurrent processes, hyper threads and virtualized guests.
For details please refer to [link moved to references] [link moved to references]
The initial microcode release by AMD only provides updates for second generation EPYC CPUs: Various Ryzen CPUs are also affected, but no updates are available yet. Fixes will be provided in a later update once they are released.
For more specific details and target dates please refer to the AMD advisory at [link moved to references]
For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.20230719.1+deb10u1. Additionally the update contains a fix for CVE-2019-9836.
We recommend that you upgrade your amd64-microcode packages.
For the detailed security status of amd64-microcode please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]");
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