AMD security update - Microcode for Spectre v2

Number: AV18-062
Date: 11 April 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to a recently released AMD Microcode update to mitigate against Spectre, Variant 2.

Assessment

An operating system update released by Microsoft contains Variant 2 (Spectre) mitigations for AMD users running Windows 10 (version 1709).

Affected Products:
- Windows 10 version 1709

CVE References: CVE-2017-5715

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References:

• https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/security-updates

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4093112/windows-10-update-kb4093112