It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2483 advisory.

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds readvulnerability when processing the IA_NA or     IA_TA option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorizedaccess and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45229)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability via a long server ID option in     DHCPv6 client. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorizedaccess and     potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability. (CVE-2023-45230)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds readvulnerability when processing  Neighbor     Discovery Redirect message. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorizedaccess     and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45231)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in     the Destination Options header of IPv6. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorizedaccess and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45232)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite lop vulnerability when parsing a PadN option in the     Destination Options header of IPv6. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorizedaccess and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45233)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing DNS Servers     option from a DHCPv6 Advertise message. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorizedaccess and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
    (CVE-2023-45234)

    EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when





    handling Server ID option



    from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. Thisvulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorizedaccess and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
    (CVE-2023-45235)

    Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of     Service attack

    The package openssl098e is provided purely for binary compatibility with older Amazon Linux versions. It     does not receive security updates. (CVE-2024-0727)

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

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

Detections

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Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2024-2483)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191527

Version 1.1

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Version 1.1 Mar 5, 2024, 5:50 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202403051750
Version 1.0 Mar 5, 2024, 7:01 AM New Plugin Feed: 202403050701
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