Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0214: edk2 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0214)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236257

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0214 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-28211:
A heap overflow in LzmaUefiDecompressGetInfo function in EDK II.

CVE-2021-38575:
NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe has remotely exploitable buffer overflows.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236257

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0214.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38575

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-tools, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:edk2-tools-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28211, CVE-2021-38575

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