Mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre exploit

Introduction to Meltdown and Spectre

Meltdown and Spectre are two new hardware bugs that exist in Intel, AMD, and ARM processors and capable of exposing any sensitive data processed by countless computers and devices. Personal data like passwords, photos, emails, and even business-critical documents can be accessed and stolen. Read more.

Exploits

CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) and
CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre).

Mitigation

Bulletin ID: MS18-JAN1

ManageEngine patch management team have already supported patches for the latest Microsoft emergency security update to secure the vulnerability exploited by Meltdown and Spectre.

Follow the below steps to resolve this error,

Navigate to Patch Mgmt tab->click "Update Now" under Update Vulnerability DB.
Scan all you your systems, to identify missing patches.
Search keyword "Meltdown" or "Spectre" under Patch Description Field.

4.Select all the missing patches with description about Meltdown/Spectre -> Click "Install patch" to deploy all together.

5.You can also verify their installation status after deployment.