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Oracle Linux 8 : edk2 (ELSA-2019-3338)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180846

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3338 advisory.

 [20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8]
 - edk2-ArmVirtPkg-silence-DEBUG_VERBOSE-masking-0x00400000-.patch [bz#1714446]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-QemuRamfbDxe-Do-not-report-DXE-failure-on-Aa.patch [bz#1714446]
 - edk2-ArmPkg-DebugPeCoffExtraActionLib-debugger-commands-a.patch [bz#1714446]
 - Resolves: bz#1714446 (edk2-aarch64 silent build is not silent enough)

 [20190308git89910a39dcfd-5.el8]
 - edk2-redhat-add-D-TPM2_ENABLE-to-the-edk2-ovmf-build-flag.patch [bz#1693205]
 - Resolves: bz#1693205 (edk2: Enable TPM2 support)

 [20190308git89910a39dcfd-4.el8]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-raise-the-PCIEXBAR-base-to-2816-MB-on-Q35.patch [bz#1666941]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-PlatformPei-set-32-bit-UC-area-at-PciBase-Pc.patch [bz#1666941]
 - Resolves: bz#1666941 (UEFI guest cannot boot into os when setting some special memory size)

 [20190308git89910a39dcfd-2.el8]
 - edk2-redhat-provide-firmware-descriptor-meta-files.patch [bz#1600230]
 - Resolves: bz#1600230 ([RHEL 8.1] RFE: provide firmware descriptor meta-files for the edk2-ovmf and edk2-aarch64 firmware images)

 [20190308git89910a39dcfd-1.el8]
 - Rebase to edk2-20190308git89910a39dcfd

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 edk2-aarch64 and / or edk2-ovmf packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3338.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180846

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3338.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12181, CVE-2019-0160