EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20669 advisory.

    - EDK2: EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause Protection Mechanism Failure     by local access [Orabug: 38381983] {CVE-2025-3770}
    - EDK2: EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause an Integer Overflow or Wraparound by     network means [Orabug: 38382190] {CVE-2024-38805}
    - EDK2: EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds     when a corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network [Orabug: 38382286]     {CVE-2024-38797}
    - EDK2:  Improper initialization of CPU cache memory could allow a privileged attacker with hypervisor     access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest memory resulting in loss of data integrity. [Orabug: 38413860]     {CVE-2024-36331}

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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7894-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that EDK II was susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial Sequence Number. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and     Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237)

    It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled S3 sleep. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2024-1298)

    It was discovered that the EDK II PE/COFF loader incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or     execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38796)

    It was discovered that the EDK II PE image hashing function incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2024-38797)

    It was discovered that the EDK II BIOS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2025-2295)

    It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled the enabling of MCE. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3770)

    It was discovered that the OpenSSL library embedded in EDK II contained multiple vulnerabilties. An     attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215,     CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817,     CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-4741,     CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2025-9232)

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 version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0336 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-38797:
    EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a     corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this     vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability.

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2852 advisory.

    EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a     corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this     vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability. (CVE-2024-38797)

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

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a     corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this     vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability. (CVE-2024-38797)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
277409	Oracle Linux 8 : edk2 (ELSA-2025-20669)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
277312	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : EDK II vulnerabilities (USN-7894-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
276389	TencentOS Server 4: edk2 (TSSA-2025:0336)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
235892	Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2025-2852)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
234205	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-38797	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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