Lee H. Marzke on 6 Jan 2018 06:52:28 -0800


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[PLUG] Intel SA-00086 critical BIOS update

Looks like this issue is related to Meltdown / Spectre  exploits in the Intel management engine or trusted platform.

There is a downloadable tool for Linux and Windows to test you BIOS for the vulnerability.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025619/software.html

Mostly affects  corporate platforms which have remote management or TPM enabled,
not home computers.     Many older laptops, servers, etc may be un-fixable do
to lack of BIOS upgrades.

Most attacks may require physical access to computer, or an available remote management cert, so
perhaps this isn't as bad as first appears for older computers.

Lee


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Lee Marzke,  lee@marzke.net     http://marzke.net/lee/
IT Consultant, VMware, VCenter, SAN storage, infrastructure, SW CM



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