RHEL 8 : edk2 (RHSA-2024:1415)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192272

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for edk2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1415 advisory.

- edk2: Function GetEfiGlobalVariable2() return value not checked in DxeImageVerificationHandler() (CVE-2019-14560)

- openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)

- edk2: Buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client via a long Server ID option (CVE-2023-45230)

- edk2: Buffer overflow when processing DNS Servers option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45234)

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 RHEL edk2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1415.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192272

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1415.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2024

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, 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: 3/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14560, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45234

CWE: 119, 252, 400

RHSA: 2024:1415

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