Spectre/Meltdown: Second BIOS update available
Many Shuttle products with/for Kaby Lake processors are currently receiving another update to close the "Spectre” security loophole. Updated BIOS versions for devices based on this platform are available to download in the download section of Shuttle Headquarters.
The new versions contain updated Microcode updates (00x84), relating to the Kaby Lake platform, which Intel has provided to its hardware partners.
The update (00xC2) for our Skylake-based Mini-PCs provided back in January is still current and the devices are thus secured (see list below).
However, with all updates that are offered it should be noted again that they only guarantee the best possible protection in conjunction with an up-to-date operating system which for its part is provided with the latest daily updates and patches.
New BIOS updates have been published for the following models (in alphabetical order):
DH110, DH110SE, DH170, DH270, DQ170, DS77U, DS77U3, DS77U5, DS77U7, NC03U, NC03U3, NC03U5, NC03U7, SH110R4, SH170R6, SZ170R8, SZ170R8V2, SZ270R8, SZ270R9, X50V6, XH110, XH110G, XH110V, XH170V, XH270
Updates for further products are being prepared.
Skylake-based products which have already received an update (in alphabetical order):
DS67U, DS67U3, DS67U5, DS67U7, DS68U, NC02U, NC02U3, NC02U5, NC02U7, X50V5, X50V5U3
You can access the downloads here.
3rd Party Tools
[Use at your own risk]
- InSpectre is an easy to use & understand utility designed to clarify the many overlapping and confusing aspects of any Windows system's ability to prevent the Meltdown and Spectre attacks https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm
- SpecuCheck is a Windows utility for checking the state of the software mitigations against CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) and hardware mitigations against CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre) https://github.com/ionescu007/SpecuCheck/releases
