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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: edk2-aarch64 / edk2-ovmf (crlsa-2021_2591)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 359128
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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_2591 advisory.* edk2: possible heap corruption with LzmaUefiDecompressGetInfo (CVE-2021-28211)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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
Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_2591.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2591
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883529
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:2591
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 359128
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_2591.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: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28211
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: 6/29/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-28211