IBM Security Bulletin: IBM has released Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) fixes in response to Spectre variants 4 and 3a (CVE-2018-3639 CVE-2018-3640)

Jul 12, 2018 9:00 am EDT

Categorized: High Severity

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IBM has released the following Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) fixes for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems in response to the vulnerabilities referred to as Spectre variants 4 and 3a.

CVE(s): CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2018-3640

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

Product	Affected Version
BladeCenter HS22 1911/1936/7809/7870 BladeCenter HS22V 1949/7871	p9e1
BladeCenter HS23 7875/1929	tke1
BladeCenter HS23E 8038/8039	ahe1
Flex System x220 2585/7906	kse1
Flex System x222 7916	cce1
Flex System x240 7863/8737/8738/8956	b2e1
Flex System x280, x480, x880 7903	n2e1
Flex System x440 7917	cne1
System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 System x iDataPlex dx360 M3	tme1
System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 7912/7913	tde1
System x NeXtScale nx360 M4 5455	fhe1
System x3200 M3 7327/7328 System x3250 M3 4251/4252/4261	gye1
System x3400 M2 7836/7837 System x3400 M3 7378/7379 System x3500 M2 7839 System x3500 M3 7380	y4e1
System x3550 M2 4198/7946 System x3550 M3 4254/7944 System x3650 M2 4199/7947 System x3650 M3 4255/7945	d6e1
System x3620 M3 7376 System x3630 M3 7377	hse1
System x3100 M4 2582 System x3250 M4 2583	jqe1
System x3100 M5 5457	j9e1
System x3250 M5 5458	jue1
System x3300 M4 7382	yae1
System x3500 M4 7383	y5e1
System x3550 M4 7914	d7e1
System x3630 M4 7158 System x3530 M4 7160	bee1
System x3650 M4 7915 System x3650 M4 HD 5460	vve1
System x3650 M4 BD 5466	yoe1
System x3750 M4 8718/8722/8733/8752	koe1
System x3850 x6 3837/3839 System x3950 x6 3839	a8e1
BladeCenter HX5 7872/1909/1910/7873	hie1
System x3850 x5 7145/7146 System x3950 x5 7143/7191	g0e1
System x3690 x5 7147/7148/7149/7192	mle1

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716309

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ift.tt/2NM4Yyy