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RHEL 9 : fwupd (RHSA-2023:2487)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 175438
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for fwupd.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2487 advisory.The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware.
Security Fix(es):
* fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf (CVE-2022-3287)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34301)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34302)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34303)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL fwupd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:2487.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e484258c
http://www.nessus.org/u?ecefa061
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2119436
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120687
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120699
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120701
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128384
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129280
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129904
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 175438
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-2487.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/12/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3287
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34303
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fwupd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fwupd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fwupd-plugin-flashrom, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-3287, CVE-2022-34301, CVE-2022-34302, CVE-2022-34303