SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2025:0407-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216198

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0407-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-45229: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in DHCPv6 Advertise messages.
(bsc#1218879)
- CVE-2023-45230: buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client in edk2 via a long Server ID option. (bsc#1218880)
- CVE-2023-45231: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options.
(bsc#1218881)
- CVE-2023-45232: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header.
(bsc#1218882)
- CVE-2023-45233: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing PadN options in the Destination Options header.
(bsc#1218883)
- CVE-2023-45234: buffer overflow in edk2 when processing DNS Servers options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message.
(bsc#1218884)
- CVE-2023-45235: buffer overflow in edk2 when handling the Server ID option in a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message.
(bsc#1218885)
- CVE-2023-45236: predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers in edk2 network packages. (bsc#1218886)
- CVE-2023-45237: use of a weak pseudorandom number generator in edk2. (bsc#1218887)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 ovmf, ovmf-tools, qemu-ovmf-x86_64 and / or qemu-uefi-aarch64 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216198

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0407-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/12/2025

Updated: 2/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:suse_linux:ovmf-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ovmf-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-uefi-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45231, CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45234, CVE-2023-45235, CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0407-1

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