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Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2023-2165)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175719

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2165 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#2164534 (CVE-2023-0286 edk2: openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName [rhel-9])
 - Resolves: bz#2164550 (CVE-2022-4304 edk2: openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation [rhel-9])
 - Resolves: bz#2164565 (CVE-2023-0215 edk2: openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF [rhel-9])
 - Resolves: bz#2164583 (CVE-2022-4450 edk2: openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex [rhel-9])
 - Resolves: bz#1989857 (CVE-2021-38578 edk2: integer underflow in SmmEntryPoint function leads to potential SMM privilege escalation [rhel-9.0])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-2165.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175719

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-2165.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-38578

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 5/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38578, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286