G3-605 Intel Security Announcement -- Where is the Acer firmware update to fix?

rmorte
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edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives

INTEL-SA-00075 published 3 May 2017 announced a serious security flaw in the CPU used in my G3-605 machine (and probably many other Acer machines), an i7-4790, which could allow someone to assume control of a PC EVEN WHEN POWERED OFF.

 

Intel provides a software tool for download that can check a machine for this vulnerability, which confirmed my G3-605 is indeed vulnerable. 

 

In its announcement, Intel said that OEMs would be urgently providing a firmware update to fix this issue.  Where is Acer's firmware update to fix this problem?