Re: LIC MITIGATE SPECTRE AND MELTDOWN VULNERABILITY

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the CAAC we were told that the following are sites related to these 
vulnerabilities. They might be what we have already seen, but if not, 
there they are.

*Here is a link to the IBM PSIRT (*IBM Product Security Incident 
Response Team*) blog: _
_**https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/* 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ibm.com_blogs_psirt_&d=DwMFAg&c=clRTYxLjfWTYQkksq4Trqw&r=3rBdIIPE2f_IXDuZqSccEGxQYRQpheKvRWS2XAgzzxg&m=qn3rjTBRli6lO9VaTprc3srIdQwHAlpwOdZbs-eXKk4&s=Ceyq9iLfTiTKETjjs2lnDFCOKwj1WJq_UJVreQuVNwk&e=>*

Here is a link to the POWER processor impact blog entry_
_**https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/potential-impact-processors-power-family/* 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ibm.com_blogs_psirt_potential-2Dimpact-2Dprocessors-2Dpower-2Dfamily_&d=DwMFAg&c=clRTYxLjfWTYQkksq4Trqw&r=3rBdIIPE2f_IXDuZqSccEGxQYRQpheKvRWS2XAgzzxg&m=qn3rjTBRli6lO9VaTprc3srIdQwHAlpwOdZbs-eXKk4&s=MwglvYweumNgdFinDQVJTkD86iGAeeN4mggi9HMt48k&e=>*

And the PSIRT entry for this specific CPU vulnerability issue _
_**https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/potential-cpu-security-issue/* 
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ibm.com_blogs_psirt_potential-2Dcpu-2Dsecurity-2Dissue_&d=DwMFAg&c=clRTYxLjfWTYQkksq4Trqw&r=3rBdIIPE2f_IXDuZqSccEGxQYRQpheKvRWS2XAgzzxg&m=qn3rjTBRli6lO9VaTprc3srIdQwHAlpwOdZbs-eXKk4&s=ZdodH-m_cm5W0N7rwukokmQOf-RsEo9Dk19R61lYCXw&e=>


These links are the official formal communication from IBM for this topic.

Regards
Vern

On 1/11/2018 10:19 AM, Bryan Dietz wrote:
> only the following statement:
>
> Although the Minimum HMC Code level for this firmware is listed above,
> HMC V8 R8.6.0 Service Pack 2 (PTF MH01690) with iFix (PTF MH01731) or
> higher is recommended.
>
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
> Jack Kingsley wrote on 1/11/2018 10:42 AM:
> > Has anyone seen any information for this in reference to HMC's.
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Ketzes, Larry <lketzes@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is this the OS level patch?  I thought the OS level patches were not
> > > scheduled for availability until around February 12th?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> > > Of B.
> > > Dietz
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:22 PM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: [EXT] LIC MITIGATE SPECTRE AND MELTDOWN VULNERABILITY
> > >
> > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas3MF64551 <
> > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas3MF64551>
> > >
> > > 7.1: MF64553
> > > 7.2: MF64552
> > > 7.3: MF64551
> > >
> > > this goes hand in hand with Firmware patch.
> > >
> > > Power8: 860_138
> > > other power versions check fix central.
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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