The Intel CPU microcode bundle was updated to the 20180703 release.
For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 (Spectre v3a) and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 (Spectre v4) (bsc#1100147 bsc#1087082 bsc#1087083). More information on:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27945/Linux-Processor-Microc ode-D ata-File Following chipsets are fixed in this round: Model Stepping F-MO-S/PI Old->New

---- updated platforms ------------------------------------ SNB-EP C1 6-2d-6/6d 0000061c->0000061d Xeon E5 SNB-EP C2 6-2d-7/6d 00000713->00000714 Xeon E5 IVT C0 6-3e-4/ed 0000042c->0000042d Xeon E5 v2; Core i7-4960X/4930K/4820K IVT D1 6-3e-7/ed 00000713->00000714 Xeon E5 v2 HSX-E/EP/4S C0 6-3f-2/6f 0000003c->0000003d Xeon E5 v3 HSX-EX E0 6-3f-4/80 00000011->00000012 Xeon E7 v3 SKX-SP/D/W/X H0 6-55-4/b7 02000043->0200004d Xeon Bronze 31xx, Silver 41xx, Gold 51xx/61xx Platinum 81xx, D/W-21xx; Core i9-7xxxX BDX-DE A1 6-56-5/10 0e000009->0e00000a Xeon D-15x3N BDX-ML B/M/R0 6-4f-1/ef 0b00002c->0b00002e Xeon E5/E7 v4; Core i7-69xx/68xx

  - Add a new style supplements for the recent kernels.
    (bsc#1096141)

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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Recommended update for ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:1935-1) (Spectre)

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Version 1.8 Feb 18, 2025, 11:54 PM Plugin metadata (CVSS 3 Change AC:H --> AC:L where needed) Plugin Feed: 202502182354
Version 1.7 Sep 5, 2024, 8:16 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2018-3640") Plugin Feed: 202409050816