Fedora 18 Update: microcode_ctl-2.0-5.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-16186
2013-09-09 22:38:33
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Name        : microcode_ctl
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 2.0
Release     : 5.fc18
URL         : http://fedorahosted.org/microcode_ctl
Summary     : Tool to transform and deploy CPU microcode update for x86.
Description :
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written
by Tigran Aivazian <tigran at aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>.

The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system
boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts
back to the old microcode.

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Update Information:

Update to the latest upstream release. Update Intel CPU microcode.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Sep  9 2013 Anton Arapov <anton at redhat.com> 2.0-5
- Update to upstream 2.0-5. Workaround for AMD.
* Wed Aug 14 2013 Anton Arapov <anton at redhat.com> 2.0-4
- Update to upstream 2.0-4. Workaround for AMD.
* Wed Apr  3 2013 Anton Arapov <anton at redhat.com> 2.0-3
- Update to upstream 2.0-3
* Wed Apr  3 2013 Anton Arapov <anton at redhat.com> 2.0-3.1
- Update to upstream 2.0-3
* Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2:2.0-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1005585 - Intel: microcode security-update
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005585
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update microcode_ctl' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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