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Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2024-12842)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211827

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-2024-12842 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}
 - EDK2: EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial Sequence Number. [Orabug:
 36990210] {CVE-2023-45237}

 * Tue Feb 27 2024 Aaron Young <[email protected]>
 - 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}
 - Update to OpenSSL 3.0.10 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
 {CVE-2023-2975} {CVE-2023-1255} {CVE-2023-0401} {CVE-2023-0217} {CVE-2023-0216} {CVE-2023-0215} {CVE-2022-4203} {CVE-2022-3996} {CVE-2022-3602} {CVE-2022-3786} {CVE-2022-3358} {CVE-2022-2274} {CVE-2022-1473} {CVE-2022-1434} {CVE-2022-1343} {CVE-2021-4044} {CVE-2021-23839}

 * Tue Aug 22 2023 Aaron Young <[email protected]>
 - Create new 20230821 release for OL9 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
 {CVE-2019-14560}
 - Update to OpenSSL 1.1.1v which includes the following fixed CVEs:
 {CVE-2023-3817} {CVE-2023-3446} {CVE-2023-2650} {CVE-2023-0465} {CVE-2023-0466} {CVE-2023-0464} {CVE-2023-0286} {CVE-2023-0215} {CVE-2022-4450} {CVE-2022-4304} {CVE-2022-2097} {CVE-2022-2068} {CVE-2022-1292} {CVE-2022-0778} {CVE-2021-4160} {CVE-2021-3712} {CVE-2021-3711} {CVE-2021-3450} {CVE-2021-3449} {CVE-2021-23841} {CVE-2021-23840} {CVE-2020-1971} {CVE-2020-1967} {CVE-2019-1551} {CVE-2019-1563} {CVE-2019-1549} {CVE-2019-1547} {CVE-2019-1552} {CVE-2019-1543} {CVE-2018-0734} {CVE-2018-0735}

 * Tue Jun 13 2023 Aaron Young <[email protected]>

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, edk2-ovmf and / or edk2-tools packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12842.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211827

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-12842.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-tools, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

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