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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: edk2 / openssl (CVE-2024-13176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234632

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of edk2 / openssl installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-13176 advisory.

 - Issue summary: A timing side-channel which could potentially allow recovering the private key exists in the ECDSA signature computation. Impact summary: A timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computations could allow recovering the private key by an attacker. However, measuring the timing would require either local access to the signing application or a very fast network connection with low latency. There is a timing signal of around 300 nanoseconds when the top word of the inverted ECDSA nonce value is zero. This can happen with significant probability only for some of the supported elliptic curves. In particular the NIST P-521 curve is affected. To be able to measure this leak, the attacker process must either be located in the same physical computer or must have a very fast network connection with low latency. For that reason the severity of this vulnerability is Low. The FIPS modules in 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are affected by this issue. (CVE-2024-13176)

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 packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13176

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234632

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-13176.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/19/2025

Updated: 4/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-13176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-experimental, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-ovmf-xen, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-hvloader, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-tools-python, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-ext4, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:edk2-ovmf-ia32

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-13176

IAVA: 2025-A-0127