RHEL 8 : edk2 (RHSA-2024:3017)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197746

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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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3017 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 overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W (CVE-2022-36765)

* 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)

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 8.10 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-2024:3017.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197746

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3017.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/23/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

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

CWE: 119, 125, 680, 835

RHSA: 2024:3017

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