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ESXi 6.5U1 vulnerability to Spectre with unpatched BIOS

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I have an older ESXi server functioning as a home lab. It is based on the Westmere architecture (Xeon X5670), and will likely *never* see a BIOS patch from the vendor to address Spectre. I *have* applied the available 6.5U1 patches for Meltdown and Spectre. I believe this means that I am now immune to Meltdown, but I'm not sure how well protected I am from Spectre, since immunizing against Spectre usually requires a BIOS update.

 

So how vulnerable to Spectre am I with an unpatched BIOS?


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