Getac Technology Corporation Statement on Intel security update (2022.1 IPU)

Getac Technology Corporation Statement on Intel security update (2022.1 IPU)  

NOTICE: Getac Technology Corporation (“Getac”) continues to work on qualifying and applying the fixes provided by Intel on supported Getac systems. Please refer to the table below to identify fixes for your systems.

Release Date:    12^th Aug, 2022

Last Updated:    12^th Aug, 2022

Summary: 

SA-00601: Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware or BIOS authenticated code module for some Intel Processors may allow escalation of privilege or information disclosure.  Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. (link)

SA-00613: A potential security vulnerability in Intel Boot Guard and Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) for some Intel processors may allow escalation of privilege.  Intel is releasing firmware updates and prescriptive guidance to mitigate this potential vulnerability. (link)

SA-00614: A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) Platform may allow information disclosure.  Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. (link)

SA-00617: A potential security vulnerability in some Intel Processors may allow information disclosure.  Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. (link)

Getac Affected Products and Recommendation:

1.      For certain products currently being manufactured or already in the field, Getac will also release solutions for the update. Please check the affected products in the table below: 

2.      The latest version solution is backwards-compatible with the previous version.

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00613)

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00601/SA-00614/SA00617 )

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

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