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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>KB-1442 Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>KB-1442 Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:56:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Jordan Horwat</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 7/23/2018 12:56:32 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5754"&gt;CVE-2017-5754&lt;/a&gt;) and Spectre (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5753"&gt;CVE-2017-5753&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5715"&gt;CVE-2017-5715&lt;/a&gt;). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;We are working on rolling out the patches for these vulnerabilities to all systems&amp;nbsp;as vendors make them available. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Last Reviewed: January 2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Security, Performance, Cloud&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1442 Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/6</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:16:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 1/5/2018 2:16:59 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5754"&gt;CVE-2017-5754&lt;/a&gt;) and Spectre (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5753"&gt;CVE-2017-5753&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5715"&gt;CVE-2017-5715&lt;/a&gt;). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;We are working on rolling out the patches for these vulnerabilities to all systems&amp;nbsp;as vendors make them available. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Last Reviewed: January 2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Security, Performance&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-XXXX Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:20:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/4/2018 10:20:19 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) and Spectre (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. We are working on rolling out the patches, as vendors make them available, for these vulnerabilities to all systems. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-XXXX Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/5</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:27:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/4/2018 6:27:17 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5754"&gt;CVE-2017-5754&lt;/a&gt;) and Spectre (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5753"&gt;CVE-2017-5753&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5715"&gt;CVE-2017-5715&lt;/a&gt;). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;We are working on rolling out the patches for these vulnerabilities to all systems&amp;nbsp;as vendors make them available. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Last Reviewed: January 2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: security, performance&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-XXXX Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/4</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:30:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/4/2018 5:30:34 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5754"&gt;CVE-2017-5754&lt;/a&gt;) and Spectre (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5753"&gt;CVE-2017-5753&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5715"&gt;CVE-2017-5715&lt;/a&gt;). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;We are working on rolling out the patches, as vendors make them available, for these vulnerabilities to all systems. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Last Reviewed: January 2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-XXXX Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/3</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:27:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/4/2018 5:27:04 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5754"&gt;CVE-2017-5754&lt;/a&gt;) and Spectre (&lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5753"&gt;CVE-2017-5753&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5715"&gt;CVE-2017-5715&lt;/a&gt;). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;We are working on rolling out the patches, as vendors make them available, for these vulnerabilities to all systems. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Last Reviewed: January 2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-XXXX Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:22:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c92605a8-6b15-443f-bcab-45bfa027b13a</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/744/kb-1442-speculative-execution-vulnerabilities#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 1/4/2018 5:22:12 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Appian is aware of widely reported security vulnerabilities that affect computer processors. This includes Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) and Spectre (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Appian has conducted a review of our Appian Cloud systems and determined that all systems in Appian Cloud are safe from the risks of these vulnerabilities as sufficient mitigating controls are currently in place. We are working on rolling out the patches, as vendors make them available, for these vulnerabilities to all systems. As reported by the vendors, patches for these issues may have a performance impact. Performance of your Appian Cloud site may be affected by these patches when they are applied to your site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;For additional information on these issues, please see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Google -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Amazon Web Services -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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