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RHEL 9 : edk2 (RHSA-2024:8935)

🗓️ 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 9 hosts have a vulnerability in EDK packages affecting OpenSSL denial of service risk.

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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8935. The text
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"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2024:8935 advisory.

    EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package
    contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * openssl: Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks (CVE-2024-6119)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(843);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/11/06");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release_list(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_versions: ['9','9.4'])) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x / 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

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      'content/aus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
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      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
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      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
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      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS'
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      {'reference':'edk2-tools-20231122-6.el9_4.4', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'edk2-tools-20231122-6.el9_4.4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'edk2-tools-doc-20231122-6.el9_4.4', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'edk2-aarch64 / edk2-ovmf / edk2-tools / edk2-tools-doc');
}

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04 Jun 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.66594
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