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RHEL 8 : edk2 (RHSA-2021:2591)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 151139
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2591 advisory.- edk2: possible heap corruption with LzmaUefiDecompressGetInfo (CVE-2021-28211)
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 edk2-aarch64 and / or edk2-ovmf packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28211
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 151139
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2591.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2021
Updated: 12/12/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28211
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-28211