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Oracle Linux 8 : edk2 (ELSA-2019-3338)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180846

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3338 advisory.

 - 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)

 - 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.

Solution

Update the affected edk2-aarch64 and / or edk2-ovmf packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3338.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180846

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3338.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2019-0160

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:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:edk2-ovmf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12181, CVE-2019-0160