The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing Neighbor     Discovery Redirect message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access     and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45231)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2264 advisory.

  - EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a     heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a     compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. (CVE-2022-36763)

  - EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasurePeImage() function, allowing a user to trigger a     heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a     compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. (CVE-2022-36764)

  - Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary:
    Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key     or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been     obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The function DH_check() performs     various checks on DH parameters. One of those checks confirms that the modulus ('p' parameter) is not too     large. Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not normally use a modulus which is     over 10,000 bits in length. However the DH_check() function checks numerous aspects of the key or     parameters that have been supplied. Some of those checks use the supplied modulus value even if it has     already been found to be too large. An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters     obtained from an untrusted source could be vulernable to a Denial of Service attack. The function     DH_check() is itself called by a number of other OpenSSL functions. An application calling any of those     other functions may similarly be affected. The other functions affected by this are DH_check_ex() and     EVP_PKEY_param_check(). Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL dhparam and pkeyparam command line applications     when using the '-check' option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The     OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2023-3446)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing the IA_NA or     IA_TA option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45229)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing Neighbor     Discovery Redirect message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access     and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45231)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in     the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45232)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite lop vulnerability when parsing a PadN option in the     Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45233)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling Server ID option     from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
    (CVE-2023-45235)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5624 advisory.

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    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5624-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     February 14, 2024                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : edk2     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-48733

    Mate Kukri discovered the Debian build of EDK2, a UEFI firmware     implementation, used an insecure default configuration which could result     in Secure Boot bypass via the UEFI shell.

    This updates disables the UEFI shell if Secure Boot is used.

    For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed     in version 2020.11-2+deb11u2.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 2022.11-6+deb12u1. This update also addresses several security     issues in the ipv6 network stack (CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764,     CVE-2022-36765, CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45231,     CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45234, CVE-2023-45235)

    We recommend that you upgrade your edk2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of edk2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/edk2

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2024:3017 advisory.

  - EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a     heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a     compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. (CVE-2022-36763)

  - EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasurePeImage() function, allowing a user to trigger a     heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a     compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. (CVE-2022-36764)

  - EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the CreateHob() function, allowing a user to trigger a integer     overflow to buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result     in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. (CVE-2022-36765)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing the IA_NA or     IA_TA option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45229)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing Neighbor     Discovery Redirect message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access     and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45231)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in     the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45232)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite lop vulnerability when parsing a PadN option in the     Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability. (CVE-2023-45233)

  - EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling Server ID option     from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain     unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
    (CVE-2023-45235)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-23120 advisory.

    - Create new 20240227 release for OL9 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
      {CVE-2023-45229} {CVE-2023-45230} {CVE-2023-45231} {CVE-2023-45232} {CVE-2023-45233} {CVE-2023-45234}     {CVE-2023-45235} {CVE-2022-36763} {CVE-2022-36764} {CVE-2022-36765}
    - Update to OpenSSL 3.0.10 which includes the following fixed CVEs:
      {CVE-2023-2975} {CVE-2023-1255} {CVE-2023-0401} {CVE-2023-0217} {CVE-2023-0216} {CVE-2023-0215}     {CVE-2022-4203} {CVE-2022-3996} {CVE-2022-3602} {CVE-2022-3786} {CVE-2022-3358} {CVE-2022-2274}     {CVE-2022-1473} {CVE-2022-1434} {CVE-2022-1343} {CVE-2021-4044} {CVE-2021-23839}

    * Tue Aug 22 2023 Aaron Young

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0421-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-45229: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in DHCPv6 Advertise     messages.
      (bsc#1218879)
    - CVE-2023-45230: buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client in edk2 via a long Server ID option. (bsc#1218880)
    - CVE-2023-45231: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options.
    (bsc#1218881)
    - CVE-2023-45232: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header.
    (bsc#1218882)
    - CVE-2023-45233: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing PadN options in the Destination Options header.
    (bsc#1218883)
    - CVE-2023-45234: buffer overflow in edk2 when processing DNS Servers options in a DHCPv6 Advertise     message.
      (bsc#1218884)
    - CVE-2023-45235: buffer overflow in edk2 when handling the Server ID option in a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise     message.
      (bsc#1218885)
    - CVE-2023-45236: predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers in edk2 network packages. (bsc#1218886)
    - CVE-2023-45237: use of a weak pseudorandom number generator in edk2. (bsc#1218887)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
226767	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-45231	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	7/27/2026	medium
196955	Rocky Linux 9 : edk2 (RLSA-2024:2264)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	5/14/2024	5/14/2024	high
190574	Debian dsa-5624 : ovmf - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/15/2024	1/24/2025	high
197674	CentOS 8 : edk2 (CESA-2024:3017)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	5/22/2024	5/22/2024	high
200091	Oracle Linux 9 : edk2 (ELSA-2024-23120)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	6/4/2024	9/9/2025	high
216180	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2025:0421-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/12/2025	2/12/2025	high

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