Bounds checking in Tianocompress before November 7, 2017 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

The remote Fedora 29 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2019-bff1cbaba3 advisory.

    * Use YYYYMMDD versioning to fix upgrade path

    ----

    * Update to stable-201903
    * Update to openssl-1.1.0j
    * Move to python3 deps




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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6920-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that EDK II was not properly performing bounds checks in Tianocompress, which could lead     to a buffer overflow. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges     via

    local access. (CVE-2017-5731)

    It was discovered that EDK II had an insufficient memory write check in the SMM service, which could lead     to a page fault occurring. An

    authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information     and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12182)

    It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in DxeCore, which could lead to a stack overflow.
    An unauthenticated user could this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information

    and/or create a denial of service via local access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2018-12183)

    It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in the Variable service under certain     circumstances. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges,     disclose

    information and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-3613)

    It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in its system firmware, which could lead to a     buffer overflow. An unauthenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges     and/or

    create a denial of service via network access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0160)

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2125 advisory.

  - Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to     timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'. (CVE-2018-5407)

  - Bounds checking in Tianocompress before November 7, 2017 may allow an authenticated user to potentially     enable an escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2017-5731)

  - Stack overflow in corrupted bmp for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of     service or elevation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2018-12181)

  - Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of     service via local access. (CVE-2019-0161)

  - Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an authenticated user     to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local     access. (CVE-2018-3613)

  - Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-0160)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4668 advisory.

    [1:1.2-5.el7]
    - Update spec file to remove 'modprobe kvm-intel' and remove --enable-kvm arg to ovmf_vars_generator so     qemu will not require kvm kernel module. (Aaron Young)
    - Update spec file to modprobe kvm_intel module prior to running qemu to enroll default keys. (Aaron     Young)
    - Enroll Oracle cert/key for OL secureboot support. (Aaron Young)

    [1:1.2-2.el7]
    - Change Image.c image load error to DEBUG_WARN from DEBUG_ERROR since it is normal for some images to     fail to load if the associated hardware is not present. Such is the case with Ramfb. (Aaron Young)     [Orabug: 28868674]
    - Fix AAVMF build. Pull in OpenSSL code (as is done for x86_64) (Aaron Young)
    - Update AAVMF change log for version 1.2 (Aaron Young)

    [1:1.2-1.el7]
    - Update spec files and OVMF change log to version 1.2

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4785 advisory.

    [1:1.2-5.el7]
    - Update spec file to remove 'modprobe kvm-intel' and remove --enable-kvm arg to ovmf_vars_generator so     qemu will not require kvm kernel module. (Aaron Young)
    - Update spec file to modprobe kvm_intel module prior to running qemu to enroll default keys. (Aaron     Young)
    - Enroll Oracle cert/key for OL secureboot support. (Aaron Young)

    [1:1.2-2.el7]
    - Change Image.c image load error to DEBUG_WARN from DEBUG_ERROR since it is normal for some images to     fail to load if the associated hardware is not present. Such is the case with Ramfb. (Aaron Young)     [Orabug: 28868674]
    - Fix AAVMF build. Pull in OpenSSL code (as is done for x86_64) (Aaron Young)
    - Update AAVMF change log for version 1.2 (Aaron Young)

    [1:1.2-1.el7]
    - Update spec files and OVMF change log to version 1.2

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.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has ovmf packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-0160)

  - Bounds checking in Tianocompress before November 7, 2017 may allow an authenticated user to potentially     enable an escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2017-5731)

  - Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was in a CNA     pool that was not assigned to any issues during 2017. Notes: none (CVE-2017-5732, CVE-2017-5733,     CVE-2017-5735)

  - Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn     by its CNA. Notes: none (CVE-2017-5734)

  - Stack overflow in corrupted bmp for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of     service or elevation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2018-12181)

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

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has ovmf packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-0160)

  - Bounds checking in Tianocompress before November 7, 2017 may allow an authenticated user to potentially     enable an escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2017-5731)

  - Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was in a CNA     pool that was not assigned to any issues during 2017. Notes: none (CVE-2017-5732, CVE-2017-5733,     CVE-2017-5735)

  - Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn     by its CNA. Notes: none (CVE-2017-5734)

  - Stack overflow in corrupted bmp for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of     service or elevation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2018-12181)

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

An update for ovmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es) :

* edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (CVE-2017-5731)

* edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (CVE-2017-5732)

* edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5733)

* edk2: Privilege escalation via stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5734)

* edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (CVE-2017-5735)

* edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for privilege escalation by authenticated users (CVE-2018-3613)

* openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash) (CVE-2018-5407)

* edk2: Stack buffer overflow with corrupted BMP (CVE-2018-12181)

* edk2: buffer overflows in PartitionDxe and UdfDxe with long file names and invalid UDF media (CVE-2019-0160)

* edk2: stack overflow in XHCI causing denial of service (CVE-2019-0161)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Logic error in FV parsing in MdeModulePkg\Core\Pei\FwVol\FwVol.c (CVE-2018-3630)

Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2017-5734)

A missing check leads to an out-of-bounds read and write flaw in NetworkPkg/DnsDxe as shipped in edk2, when it parses DNS responses. A remote attacker who controls the DNS server used by the vulnerable firmware may use this flaw to make the system crash. (CVE-2018-3613)

improper DNS packet size check (CVE-2018-12178)

Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (CVE-2017-5735)

Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5733)

Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (CVE-2017-5731)

Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (CVE-2017-5732)

A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in edk2 when the HII database contains a Bitmap that claims to be 4-bit or 8-bit per pixel, but the palette contains more than 16(2^4) or 256(2^8) colors.
(CVE-2018-12181)

Buffer overflow in BlockIo service for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access.
(CVE-2018-12180)

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SLSA-2019:2125-1 advisory.

    Security Fix(es):
    * edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in     TianoCompress.c (CVE-2017-5731)
    * edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in     BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (CVE-2017-5732)
    * edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable()     function (CVE-2017-5733)
    * edk2: Privilege escalation via stack-based buffer overflow in     MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5734)
    * edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode()     function (CVE-2017-5735)
    * edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for     privilege escalation by authenticated users (CVE-2018-3613)
    * openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures     (PortSmash) (CVE-2018-5407)
    * edk2: Stack buffer overflow with corrupted BMP (CVE-2018-12181)
    * edk2: buffer overflows in PartitionDxe and UdfDxe with long file names     and invalid UDF media (CVE-2019-0160)
    * edk2: stack overflow in XHCI causing denial of service (CVE-2019-0161)


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Scientific 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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2125 advisory.

    OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This     package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (CVE-2017-5731)

    * edk2: Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (CVE-2017-5732)

    * edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5733)

    * edk2: Privilege escalation via stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5734)

    * edk2: Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (CVE-2017-5735)

    * edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for privilege escalation by authenticated     users (CVE-2018-3613)

    * openssl: Side-channel vulnerability on SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures (PortSmash) (CVE-2018-5407)

    * edk2: Stack buffer overflow with corrupted BMP (CVE-2018-12181)

    * edk2: buffer overflows in PartitionDxe and UdfDxe with long file names and invalid UDF media     (CVE-2019-0160)

    * edk2: stack overflow in XHCI causing denial of service (CVE-2019-0161)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The remote Fedora 30 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2019-3b96bb5186 advisory.

    Use YYYYMMDD versioning to fix upgrade path

    ----

    * Update to stable-201903
    * Update to openssl-1.1.0j
    * Move to python3 deps



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

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

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-3613: Fixed AuthVariable Timestamp zeroing     issue on APPEND_WRITE (bsc#1115916).

  - CVE-2017-5731: Fixed privilege escalation via processing     of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5732: Fixed privilege escalation via processing     of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c     (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5733: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based     buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5734: Fixed privilege escalation via     stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function     (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5735: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based     buffer overflow in Decode() function (bsc#1115917).

Non security issues fixed :

  - Fixed an issue with the default owner of PK/KEK/db/dbx     and make the auto-enrollment only happen at the very     first time. (bsc#1117998)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-3613: Fixed AuthVariable Timestamp zeroing issue on APPEND_WRITE (bsc#1115916).

CVE-2017-5731: Fixed privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5732: Fixed privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5733: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5734: Fixed privilege escalation via stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5735: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (bsc#1115917).

Non security issues fixed: Fixed an issue with the default owner of PK/KEK/db/dbx and make the auto-enrollment only happen at the very first time. (bsc#1117998)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-3613: Fixed AuthVariable Timestamp zeroing     issue on APPEND_WRITE (bsc#1115916).

  - CVE-2017-5731: Fixed privilege escalation via processing     of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5732: Fixed privilege escalation via processing     of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c     (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5733: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based     buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5734: Fixed privilege escalation via     stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function     (bsc#1115917).

  - CVE-2017-5735: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based     buffer overflow in Decode() function (bsc#1115917).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-3613: Fixed AuthVariable Timestamp zeroing issue on APPEND_WRITE (bsc#1115916).

CVE-2017-5731: Fixed privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5732: Fixed privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5733: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5734: Fixed privilege escalation via stack-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (bsc#1115917).

CVE-2017-5735: Fixed privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (bsc#1115917).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
258105	Fedora 29 : edk2 (2019-bff1cbaba3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
204912	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : EDK II vulnerabilities (USN-6920-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
180784	Oracle Linux 7 : ovmf (ELSA-2019-2125)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
180703	Oracle Linux 7 : edk2 (ELSA-2019-4668)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
180680	Oracle Linux 7 : edk2 (ELSA-2019-4785)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
160735	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ovmf Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0009)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
154459	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : ovmf Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0180)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
132479	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : ovmf Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0239)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
131425	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ovmf Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0218)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
128356	CentOS 7 : ovmf (CESA-2019:2125)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
128287	Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2019-1273)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
128248	Scientific Linux Security Update : ovmf on 7.x (noarch) (2019:2125)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
127676	RHEL 7 : ovmf (RHSA-2019:2125)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
124486	Fedora 30 : edk2 (2019-3b96bb5186)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
123156	openSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2019-1017)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120188	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2018:4155-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119859	openSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2018-1591)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119858	openSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2018-1590)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119824	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2018:4207-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119808	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2018:4194-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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