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Oracle Linux 8 : edk2 (ELSA-2020-4805)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142747

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4805 advisory.

 [20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8]
 - edk2-UefiCpuPkg-PiSmmCpuDxeSmm-pause-in-WaitForSemaphore-.patch [bz#1861718]
 - Resolves: bz#1861718 (Very slow boot when overcommitting CPU)

 [20200602gitca407c7246bf-2.el8]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-QemuKernelLoaderFsDxe-suppress-error-on-no-k.patch [bz#1844682]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-GenericQemuLoadImageLib-log-Not-Found-at-INF.patch [bz#1844682]
 - edk2-SecurityPkg-Tcg2Dxe-suppress-error-on-no-swtpm-in-si.patch [bz#1844682]
 - Resolves: bz#1844682 (silent build of edk2-aarch64 logs DEBUG_ERROR messages that dont actually report serious errors)

 [20200602gitca407c7246bf-1.el8]
 - Rebase to edk2-stable202005 [bz#1817035]
 - Resolves: bz#1817035 ((edk2-rebase-rhel-8.3) - rebase edk2 to upstream tag edk2-stable202005 for RHEL-8.3)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected edk2-ovmf package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4805.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142747

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4805.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14559