New AMD Chip Faults
Posted: 2018-03-14 10:20
AMD Ryzen and EPYC platforms at risk: More than a dozen critical security flaws discovered
Source: URL: Techspot 2018093-14 Shawn Knight
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Source: URL: Techspot 2018093-14 Shawn Knight
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......always seems to be a Good Plan to let new technology settle a bit before adoptingIsraeli-based security company CTS-Labs on Tuesday said it has discovered 13 critical security vulnerabilities and exploitable manufacturer backdoors impacting AMD’s latest EPYC, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro and Ryzen Mobile lines of processors.
CTS has classified the vulnerabilities, which it found over the course of a six-month investigation, into four categories they’re calling Ryzenfall, Masterkey, Fallout and Chimera.
Full details on each vulnerability can be found in CTS’ 20-page whitepaper (our brief summary can be read below, too). Fortunately, specific technical details that could be used to exploit the vulnerabilities have been omitted. It’s also worth noting that AMD has been made aware of the issues, as have “select security companies” that could help mitigate the fallout and US regulators.