Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

Hi,

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:46:15 +0000
Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you saying that this link:
> ​
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5753
> 
> ​which looks like it should be going to a spectre 1 fix is actually a
> discussion and tables etc
> of the spectre 2 fixes that are in the pipeline ie it is incorrectly
> labelled?

no, I meant to say that you were looking at the wrong place if you wanted
to see if the "spectre-2" fix has arrived in debian, for this one you
will have to look here:

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5715

Regards

Michael

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