macOS Meltdown Patch in 10.13.2 was also in El Capitan & Sierra Security Updates

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8 years ago

Apple just updated About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan[0] with the following additional information:

> Kernel

> Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

> Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory

> Description: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.

> CVE-2017-5754: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero, Werner Haas and Thomas Prescher of Cyberus Technology GmbH, and Daniel Gruss, Moritz Lipp, Stefan Mangard and Michael Schwarz from Graz University of Technology

> Entry added January 4, 2018

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331

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