Summary
On January 3, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly-discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities (known as Spectre and Meltdown) involving speculative execution side channels that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. On May 21st, a new subclass of speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities known as Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) was disclosed (CVE-2018-3639). On the same day, Intel disclosed the Rogue System Registry Read vulnerability (CVE-2018-3640).
The following article outlines Trend Micro IM Security's compatibility with the corresponding Microsoft security updates.
Details
Microsoft has released several updates to help mitigate these vulnerabilities - outlined in the following Security Advisories:
As a result, Trend Micro has tested IM Security 1.6 and 1.6.5 and confirms compatibility with the following Microsoft Security Updates:
| Product | Operating System | Microsoft Security Update |
|---|---|---|
| IM Security 1.6 and 1.6.5 | Windows 2012 R2 | 4338815, 4338824 |
| Windows 2016 | 4284880 |
