Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2024-12409)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200092

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12409 advisory.

- Create new 20240227 release for OL9 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
{CVE-2023-45229} {CVE-2023-45230} {CVE-2023-45231} {CVE-2023-45232} {CVE-2023-45233} {CVE-2023-45234} {CVE-2023-45235} {CVE-2022-36763} {CVE-2022-36764} {CVE-2022-36765}

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-aarch64 and / or edk2-ovmf packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12409.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200092

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12409.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2024

Updated: 6/4/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::developer_kvm_utils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::kvm_utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2024

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