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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: edk2-aarch64 / edk2-ovmf Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_1063)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356715

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_1063 advisory.

 * edk2: Buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client via a long Server ID option (CVE-2023-45230)

 * edk2: Buffer overflow when processing DNS Servers option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45234)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_1063.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1063

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258685

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258697

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:1063

http://www.nessus.org/u?eede29e0

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9c9a90f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356715

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_1063.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45234