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DSA-2019-005: Dell EMC Data Protection Search Security Update for Multiple Multiprocessor Side-Channel Vulnerabilities

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Impact

Medium

Details

Summary: 
Dell EMC Data Protection Search contains operating system updates to mitigate new variants of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities.

This advisory addresses the following vulnerabilities:  

  • CVE-2018-3640   Rogue System Register Read (RSRE)   also known as Variant 3a

  • CVE-2018-3639   Speculative Store Bypass (SSB)   also known as Variant 4

  • CVE-2018-3620 - L1 Terminal Fault: OS/SMM

For more information, review Intel s security advisories INTEL-SA-00115 and INTEL-SA-00161.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE

This advisory addresses the following vulnerabilities:  

  • CVE-2018-3640   Rogue System Register Read (RSRE)   also known as Variant 3a

  • CVE-2018-3639   Speculative Store Bypass (SSB)   also known as Variant 4

  • CVE-2018-3620 - L1 Terminal Fault: OS/SMM

For more information, review Intel s security advisories INTEL-SA-00115 and INTEL-SA-00161.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE

Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products & Remediation

Affected products: 
Dell EMC Data Protection Search prior to version 18.2

Remediation:
The following Dell EMC Data Protection Search release addresses these vulnerabilities:  

  • Dell EMC Data Protection Search 18.2  

Dell EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. Dell recommends customers to follow security best practices for malware protection to help prevent possible exploitation of these vulnerabilities. These practices include, but are not limited to, promptly deploying software updates, avoiding unknown hyperlinks and websites, never downloading files or applications from unknown sources, and employing up-to-date anti-virus and advanced threat protection solutions.

Customers can download the latest updates from the Data Protection Search support page at: https://support.emc.com/products/38110



Affected products: 
Dell EMC Data Protection Search prior to version 18.2

Remediation:
The following Dell EMC Data Protection Search release addresses these vulnerabilities:  

  • Dell EMC Data Protection Search 18.2  

Dell EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. Dell recommends customers to follow security best practices for malware protection to help prevent possible exploitation of these vulnerabilities. These practices include, but are not limited to, promptly deploying software updates, avoiding unknown hyperlinks and websites, never downloading files or applications from unknown sources, and employing up-to-date anti-virus and advanced threat protection solutions.

Customers can download the latest updates from the Data Protection Search support page at: https://support.emc.com/products/38110



Related Information

Affected Products

Data Protection Search

Products

Data Protection Search, Product Security Information