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Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2023-32790)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186673

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-32790 advisory.

 - Create new 20230821 release for OL8 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
 CVE-2019-14560
 - Update to OpenSSL 1.1.1v which includes the following fixed CVEs:
 CVE-2023-3817 CVE-2023-3446 CVE-2023-2650 CVE-2023-0465 CVE-2023-0466 CVE-2023-0464 CVE-2023-0286 CVE-2023-0215 CVE-2022-4450 CVE-2022-4304 CVE-2022-2097 CVE-2022-2068 CVE-2022-1292 CVE-2022-0778 CVE-2021-4160 CVE-2021-3712 CVE-2021-3711 CVE-2021-3450 CVE-2021-3449 CVE-2021-23841 CVE-2021-23840 CVE-2020-1971 CVE-2020-1967 CVE-2019-1551 CVE-2019-1563 CVE-2019-1549 CVE-2019-1547 CVE-2019-1552 CVE-2019-1543 CVE-2018-0734 CVE-2018-0735

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-tools package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-32790.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186673

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-32790.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::kvm_utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-tools, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::developer_kvm_utils, 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: 12/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

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