RockyLinux 8 : edk2 (RLSA-2024:3017)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235557

Synopsis

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

Description

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

* edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)

* EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)

* EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)

* EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W (CVE-2022-36765)

* edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)

* edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)

* edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)

* edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 edk2-aarch64 and / or edk2-ovmf packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235557

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3017.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-45235

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:edk2-aarch64, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:edk2-ovmf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764, CVE-2022-36765, CVE-2023-45229, CVE-2023-45231, CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233, CVE-2023-45235

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