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Re: PC security public service announcement

Postby Yeshe McGermot » Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:36 pm

LeDoyen wrote:afaik you don't need to use the intel drivers provided by the mobo manufacturer. These are always outdated anyway.
I always used the official Intel releases directly (just like you don't use the MSI or ASUS video drivers but use Nvidia releases for example..)

Sorry, but this is not correct and wrong information can possibly hurt, here.
Obviously this is an emergency situation and requires a different approach then you describe.
This is not something that can be fixed with updating a driver.
AFAIK there is no single patch-one-and-all software available or Intel would have put this right on the page with the security advisory.
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Re: PC security public service announcement

Postby LeDoyen » Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:59 pm

DUH... it says in the title.. FIRMWARE update.. my bad.

Then yea, it's up to the manufacturer to update

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Re: PC security public service announcement

Postby Relix Typhon » Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:23 am

Is Meltdown and Spectre related to this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42564461

I think its different as this is for firmware but I wouldn't be surprised because the news outlets are usually way behind on this stuff.

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Re: PC security public service announcement

Postby Yeshe McGermot » Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:29 am

Relix Typhon wrote:Is Meltdown and Spectre related to this?

Nope, it is not.
Meltdown and Spectre are due to a conceptional failure in processors and can be averted by patching the OSes.
The vulnerability in the OP is in intel chipsets and CAN'T be fixed by any automatic update procedure.
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Re: PC security public service announcement

Postby Relix Typhon » Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:58 am

I thought so. Not surprising then that the main news outlets haven't published anything.
When I first read up on this when you originally posted, I'm sure my 5820k wasn't in this list, now it is.
Just ran the detection tool and I'm safe!

There is a newer version of the tool which checks for more so people might want to run it again.


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