Oracle Linux 8 : edk2 (ELSA-2024-12795)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209568

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12795 advisory.

- EDK2: EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division- By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access [Orabug: 36990130] {CVE-2024-1298}
- EDK2: In the Linux kernel before 6.9, an untrusted hypervisor can inject virtual interrupt 29 (#VC) at any point in time and can trigger its handler. [Orabug: 36990244] {CVE-2024-25742}
- EDK2: EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial Sequence Number. [Orabug:
36990198] {CVE-2023-45236}

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209568

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12795.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::distro_builder, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::kvm_appstream

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237, CVE-2024-1298, CVE-2024-25742

Detections

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