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ALSA-2024:5297 Not scored

Moderate: 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: Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (CVE-2023-45236) * edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator (CVE-2023-45237) * edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298) 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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 13, 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-2024:5297

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: Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (CVE-2023-45236) * edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator (CVE-2023-45237) * edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298) 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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence