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How to check Spectre and Meltdown on Ubuntu/Debian ?

Apr 25th, 2018
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  1. Using Terminal
  2. To check Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability by Terminal, enter that command. You will see information about security vulnerabilities on the CPU from Linux kernel developers:
  3. grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*
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  5. Using Spectre & Meltdown checker for Linux
  6. If you would like to know more about the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities, you can use the "Specter and Meltdown checker for Linux"
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  8. First, enter the that command to download "Specter and Meltdown checker for Linux":
  9. git clone https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
  10. cd spectre-meltdown-checker
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  12. Next, to check and see details about the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities on your CPU, enter this command:
  13. sudo ./spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
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  15. You will find detailed information about security vulnerabilities Meltdown, Specter Specter v1 and v2 on your CPU. And whether your computer is vulnerable to attacks via Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities
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  17. How to patch vulnerabilities Specter and Meltdown ?
  18. Developers will release patches through the packages, so update your Linux distribution regularly
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  20. Read more: Spectre & Meltdown checker for Linux: http://bit.ly/2Jjumse
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