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Ubuntu: USN-6638-1 (CVE-2023-45231): EDK II vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-6638-1 (CVE-2023-45231): EDK II vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/16/2024
Created
02/16/2024
Added
02/15/2024
Modified
10/23/2024

Description

EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing  Neighbor Discovery Redirect message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-efi-shell-aa64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-efi-shell-arm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-efi-shell-x64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ovmf
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-efi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-efi-aarch64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-efi-arm

References

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