Technical Note: Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabi...

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Article Id 193695

Description

Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerability

Solution

Issue: Security vulnerabilities reported against the CentOS Linux kernel of the Operating System used on the Network Sentry appliance:

CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown)
CVE-2017-5753 & CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre)

For additional details refer to the following links:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-5754
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-5753
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-5715

Solution: Apply the latest Network Sentry OS update to address the CentOS 7 operating system vulnerabilities. For details, see
Network Sentry OS Updates - January 2018

See also
Apply Operating System (OS) Updates Using Administrative UI

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Technical Note: Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerability