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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : EDK II vulnerabilities (USN-7894-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277312

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7894-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that EDK II was susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial Sequence Number. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237)

 It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled S3 sleep. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2024-1298)

 It was discovered that the EDK II PE/COFF loader incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38796)

 It was discovered that the EDK II PE image hashing function incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2024-38797)

 It was discovered that the EDK II BIOS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2025-2295)

 It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled the enabling of MCE. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3770)

 It was discovered that the OpenSSL library embedded in EDK II contained multiple vulnerabilties. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2025-9232)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7894-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277312

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7894-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45237

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9143

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-loongarch64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovmf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-loongarch64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-arm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-ia32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-riscv64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-aarch64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-arm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ovmf-ia32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-riscv64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-aa64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:efi-shell-x64

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-1298, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-38796, CVE-2024-38797, CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2025-2295, CVE-2025-3770, CVE-2025-9232

USN: 7894-1