AlmaLinux 9 : edk2 (ALSA-2024:4749)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204730

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4749 advisory.

* EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W (CVE-2022-36765)
* edk2: Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (CVE-2023-45236)
* edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator (CVE-2023-45237)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-4749.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 204730

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-4749.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2024

Updated: 7/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36765

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:edk2-tools-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36765, CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237

CWE: 200, 338, 680