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ZDNet Australia: Microsoft, Linux Vendors Slow to Fix Flaw

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"Operating system vendors were given two months notice before a serious security flaw was made public but some have yet to resolve the issue, a security researcher has claimed.

"Colin Percival detailed the vulnerability--which affects versions of Intel's CPU that use a technology called hyper-threading--at a conference on May 13..."

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