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Oracle Linux 9 : edk2:20240524 (ELSA-2024-11219)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213252

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-11219 advisory.

 [20240524-6.0.1.el9_5.3]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-Rerun-dispatcher-after-initializing-virtio-r.patch [RHEL-58631]
 - Resolves: RHEL-58631 ([Regression] HTTP Boot fails to work with edk2-ovmf-20231122-6.el9_4.2 and greater)
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-ArmVirtPkg-Add-a-Fallback-RNG-RH-only.patch [RHEL-66230]
 - Resolves: RHEL-66230 ([Regression] [aarch64] HTTP Boot not working on old vCPU without virtio-rng device present [rhel-9.6])
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-Add-a-Fallback-RNG-RH-only.patch [RHEL-65725]
 - Resolves: RHEL-65725 ([Regression] HTTP Boot not working on old vCPU without virtio-rng device present [rhel-9.6])
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-VirtioGpuDxe-ignore-display-resolutions-smal.patch [RHEL-56248]
 - edk2-OvmfPkg-QemuVideoDxe-ignore-display-resolutions-smal.patch [RHEL-56248]
 - edk2-MdePkg-Fix-overflow-issue-in-BasePeCoffLib.patch [RHEL-60833]
 - Resolves: RHEL-56248 (507x510 display resolution should not crash the firmware [edk2,rhel-9.6])
 - Resolves: RHEL-60833 (CVE-2024-38796 edk2: Integer overflows in PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage [rhel-9.6])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-11219.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213252

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-11219.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2024

Updated: 12/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38796

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 12/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38796