--- title: Meltdown and Spectre Updates date: 2024-09-23T05:08:00-07:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://www.cryoserver.com/blog/meltdown-and-spectre-updates" section: Blog --- ![Meltdown and Spectre Updates](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1589890377983-1b23e89989fb-ixlibrb-1.2.1q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw2000fitmaxixideyJhcHBfaWQiOjExNzczfQ.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&q=80&fm=webp&fit=clip&dm=1727093331&s=b367fe5e6d8491e787b2dcbdfaf294e9) Sep 23, 2024 # Meltdown and Spectre Updates ## Meltdown and Spectre You may be aware of recent media articles around two new vulnerabilities – named Meltdown and Spectre – affecting various vendor CPUs, including Intel. You can find more information on these at . This blog is for our customers to receive [updates](#updates) on how these vulnerabilites affect their Cryoserver [email archiving](__GHOST_URL__/email-archiving/) solutions. As the largest global chip maker, Intel chips are in 80% of desktop computers worldwide and are used in our Cryoserver appliances. The technical details of the vulnerabilities have not been made public and are only in the hands of the vendors concerned. To date there are currently no known instances of these exploits being used by malicious hackers. For both Windows and Linux solutions we will apply patches as and when they are released.  Once patches have been installed, we will be able to schedule in time with you for the reboots of your Cryoserver so that these patches take effect. For those customer environments we do not have access to, we will need to perform a dedicated support session to do the manual update for your relevant OS and then perform the tasks together. Once these patches are installed, we highly advise you to monitor the performance usage of your solution. It has been reported and tests have confirmed that, depending on your CPU’s workload, usage can increase between 5% and 30%. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to predict the CPU usage increase before patches are applied, so monitoring once the update is complete is the only option available. ## Vendor Responses **Red Hat**[Vulnerability Response](https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution)**Debian**[Security Tracker](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754)**Ubuntu**[Knowledge Base](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown)**SUSE**[Vulnerability Response](https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/)**VMWare**[Security Advisory](https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html)**Citrix**[Security Bulletin](https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX231399) ## **Updates:** **08/01/2018**Cryoserver Support are awaiting to secure these vulnerabilities and will be rolling out patches as soon as they are released by the vendors affected, including Microsoft, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Debian, SLES, CentOS, VMware and many more. ## Read *More* [ ![What is email journaling and why do you need it?](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1601933470096-0e34634ffcde-cropentropycstinysrgbfitmaxfmjpgixidMnwxMTc3M3wxfDF8YWxsfDF8fHx8fHwyfHwxNjE4Mzg5OTMyixlibrb-1.2.1q80w2000.jpg?w=1024&h=512&q=75&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1727093418&s=fb2bc9ba963eaee53c7df68ca39970cc) Sep 23, 2024## What is email journaling and why do you need it? ### When people talk about keeping emails, they can use three terms: backing up, archiving, and… ](https://www.cryoserver.com/blog/what-is-email-journaling-and-why-do-you-need-it "Go to Story") [ ![Another year of growth](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1577563682708-4f022ec774fb-ixlibrb-1.2.1q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw2000fitmaxixideyJhcHBfaWQiOjExNzczfQ.jpg?w=1024&h=512&q=75&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1727093318&s=9d921b8e3de0443289dc9a142b59bc5d) Sep 23, 2024## Another year of growth ### 2016/17 has been an eventful year Technologies prosper & decline, politics & leadership… ](https://www.cryoserver.com/blog/another-year-of-growth "Go to Story") [ ![Could your emails be used as evidence?](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1596526131083-e8c633c948d2-cropentropycstinysrgbfitmaxfmjpgixidMnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDl8fGVtYWlsfGVufDB8fHx8MTYzNjAzNjk2Nwixlibrb-1.2.1q80w2000.jpg?w=1024&h=512&q=75&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1727093437&s=21fed7cbeed6baf275c269012ca63b19) Sep 23, 2024## Could your emails be used as evidence? ### In 2013, a US court found Apple guilty of conspiring to raise the retail price of e-books.The… ](https://www.cryoserver.com/blog/could-your-emails-be-used-as-evidence "Go to Story") [ ![What has been the impact of GDPR on Cryoserver customers?](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1523484489927-4aa8bf9a99d8-ixlibrb-1.2.1q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw2000fitmaxixideyJhcHBfaWQiOjExNzczfQ.jpg?w=1024&h=512&q=75&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1727093344&s=e50aa4678cf621c121ec4a9d79abe039) Sep 23, 2024## What has been the impact of GDPR on Cryoserver customers? ### Market responses to GDPR Leading up to and post GDPR, we have seen many of our Cryoserver email… ](https://www.cryoserver.com/blog/what-has-been-the-impact-of-gdpr-on-cryoserver-customers "Go to Story") [ ![What are PST files?](https://cynical-zorilla.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/photo-1581484067515-2e211524d0bc-ixlibrb-1.2.1q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw2000fitmaxixideyJhcHBfaWQiOjExNzczfQ.jpg?w=1024&h=512&q=75&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1727093321&s=c08af1f127d9fc2bbd46a9e58f01575c) Sep 23, 2024## What are PST files? ### What are PST files, and why should you care? 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