Debian dsa-5624 : ovmf - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 190574

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5624 advisory.

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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5624-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff February 14, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : edk2 CVE ID : CVE-2023-48733

Mate Kukri discovered the Debian build of EDK2, a UEFI firmware implementation, used an insecure default configuration which could result in Secure Boot bypass via the UEFI shell.

This updates disables the UEFI shell if Secure Boot is used.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2020.11-2+deb11u2.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2022.11-6+deb12u1. This update also addresses several security issues in the ipv6 network stack (CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764, CVE-2022-36765, CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45231, CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45234, CVE-2023-45235)

We recommend that you upgrade your edk2 packages.

For the detailed security status of edk2 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/edk2

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the ovmf packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190574

File Name: debian_DSA-5624.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2024

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-efi-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ovmf, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-efi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ovmf-ia32, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-efi-arm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764, CVE-2022-36765, CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45231, CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45234, CVE-2023-45235, CVE-2023-48733

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