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This security bulletin follows alerts related to newly discovered CPU vulnerabilities dubbed Meltdown and Spectre. These vulnerabilities are being fixed by series of operating system updates and CPU micro-code updates.

ARC Informatique recommends users of its products to actively watch for software and hardware updates addressing Meltdown and Spectre. It is advised to test them prior to deployment on production system. Such tests should cover effectiveness, performances and regressions.

This article summarizes the timeline and addresses concerns related to the Microsoft Windows updates designed to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Last update: January 22th, 2018