Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2019-1290)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 129069

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
(CVE-2018-12182)

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2019-0161)

Buffer overflows were discovered in UDF-related codes under MdeModulePkg\Universal\Disk\PartitionDxe\Udf.c and MdeModulePkg\Universal\Disk\UdfDxe, which could be triggered with long file names or invalid formatted UDF media. (CVE-2019-0160)

Stack overflow in DxeCore for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12183)

Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
(CVE-2018-12179)

Solution

Run 'yum update edk2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 129069

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1290.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/20/2019

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-aarch64

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12179, CVE-2018-12182, CVE-2018-12183, CVE-2019-0160, CVE-2019-0161

ALAS: 2019-1290

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