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Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2025-2975)
high Nessus Plugin ID 252296
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2975 advisory.EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause Protection Mechanism Failure by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to arbitrary code execution and impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. (CVE-2025-3770)
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.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-2975.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 252296
File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2975.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 8/19/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3770
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-ovmf, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:edk2-tools-doc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-3770