RHEL 9 : edk2 (RHSA-2023:2165)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175445

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2165 advisory.

- edk2: integer underflow in SmmEntryPoint function leads to potential SMM privilege escalation (CVE-2021-38578)

- openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)

- openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)

- openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)

- openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175445

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-2165.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/12/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38578

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38578, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286

CWE: 415, 416, 704, 787

RHSA: 2023:2165

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