IBM Security Bulletin: IBM has released AIX and VIOS iFixes in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Jan 26, 2018 11:59 am EST

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IBM has released the following fixes for AIX and VIOS in response to CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5754.

CVE(s): CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):
AIX 5.3 (64-bit kernel), 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
VIOS 2.2.x

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/spectre_meltdown_advisory.asc

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