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.

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 9 : edk2 (RHSA-2024:2264)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194810

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 6:29 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "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") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202411051829
Version 1.2 Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202406041900
Version 1.1 May 2, 2024, 3:56 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202405021556
Version 1.0 Apr 30, 2024, 4:14 PM New Plugin Feed: 202404301614