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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* Websites for [https://meltdownattack.com/ Meltdown] and [https://spectreattack.com/ Spectre] are currently the same | * Websites for [https://meltdownattack.com/ Meltdown] and [https://spectreattack.com/ Spectre] are currently the same | ||
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Revision as of 23:12, 8 January 2018
In January of 2018, news of three speculative execution vulnerabilities was made public.
| CVE | Group |
|---|---|
| CVE-2017-5715 | Spectre |
| CVE-2017-5753 | Spectre |
| CVE-2017-5754 | Meltdown |
At this time we know that POWER9, POWER8, POWER8E, POWER7+, POWER6, and certain PowerPC architectures are affected. [1][2][3]
External Links
References
- ↑ IBM PSIRT Blog post, Potential Impact on Processors in the POWER family
- ↑ TenFourFox Development blog post, Actual field testing of Spectre on various Power Macs
- ↑ Raptor Engineering GNU Social notices about POWER8 and POWER9 vulnerability
