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RHEL 9 : edk2 (RHSA-2024:2264)
high Nessus Plugin ID 194810
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for edk2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2264 advisory.EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)
* EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)
* EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)
* edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)
* edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)
* edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)
* edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)
* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)
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 9.4 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 edk2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2264.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?95fc0da0
http://www.nessus.org/u?d922e0bf
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2264
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224962
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257582
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257583
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258677
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258688
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258691
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258694
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258700
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 194810
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2264.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/30/2024
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: Important
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
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.9
Threat Score: 8.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
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-2023-3446
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-aarch64
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45231, CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45235