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ALSA-2024:3017 Not scored

Important: edk2 security update

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) * 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) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 22, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 edk2-aarch64
AlmaLinux:8 edk2-ovmf

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2024:3017

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) * 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) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence