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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-1298: Security patch for edk2 (ALAS-2024-2578)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-1298: Security patch for edk2 (ALAS-2024-2578)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/30/2024
Created
06/26/2024
Added
06/26/2024
Modified
06/26/2024

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-ovmf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools-python

References

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