Updating BIOS from A04 to A05 on 650N workstation.

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 8/14/06, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/14/06, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 01:41:01PM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > > On 8/14/06, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:
 > By this you mean new microcode?  Dell includes recent microcode in
> > each of the BIOS updates that are released.  We don't currently offer
> > a method of updating the CPU microcode separately from the BIOS.  At
> > OLS last month the issue came up in several conversations, but AFAIK
> > no progress has been made on developing a solution to provide and
> > install microcode separately yet...
> >
>
> This is some sort of microcode update to Centrino chips. I don't know
> exactly how it is supposed to be installed, etc beyond what has been
> printed on Windows boxes.
>
> The fix will be very important because it can allow a machine with an
> ipw to be rooted remotely if the card is 'listening'.
>

I need to add that this is the 'supposition' of the problem. I do not
know that it will allow for a remote root on Linux, but it is supposed
to be a problem with windows and is a chipset update versus a cpu
microcode update. This may just be the update of the ipw binary blob.

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Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
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