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redhatRedHatRHSA-2024:6931
HistorySep 23, 2024 - 11:05 a.m.

(RHSA-2024:6931) Important: edk2 security update

2024-09-2311:05:34
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embedded development kit
uefi firmware
security update
buffer overflow
dhcpv6 proxy
cve-2023-45235

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

ADJACENT

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

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):

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

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
RedHat9noarchedk2-aarch64< 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.5edk2-aarch64-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.5.noarch.rpm
RedHat9noarchedk2-ovmf< 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.5edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.5.noarch.rpm

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

ADJACENT

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low