Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2025-2852)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235892

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2852 advisory.

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability. (CVE-2024-38797)

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

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

Solution

Run 'yum update edk2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235892

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2852.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 5/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-aarch64

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38797

Detections

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