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openSUSE Leap 15.5 important: ovmf multiple issues addressed

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Significant security patch for openSUSE ovmf rectifies various vulnerabilities while improving overall system reliability.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-45229: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when processing IA_NA/IA_TA

options in DHCPv6 Advertise messages. (bsc#1218879)

* CVE-2023-45230: buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client in edk2 via a long

Server ID option. (bsc#1218880)

* CVE-2023-45231: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when handling a ND Redirect

message with truncated options. (bsc#1218881)

* CVE-2023-45232: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing unknown options in the

Destination Options header. (bsc#1218882)

* CVE-2023-45233: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing PadN options in the

Destination Options header. (bsc#1218883)

* CVE-2023-45234: buffer overflow in edk2 when processing DNS Servers options

in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. (bsc#1218884)

* CVE-2023-45235: buffer overflow in edk2 when handling the Server ID option

in a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. (bsc#1218885)

* CVE-2023-45236: predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers in edk2...

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak buffer overflow important network issue openSUSE ovmf

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-407=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-407=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-407=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-407=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-407=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-407=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* ovmf-202208-150500.6.6.1

* ovmf-tools-202208-150500.6.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 x86_64)

* ovmf-202208-150500.6.6.1

* ovmf-tools-202208-150500.6.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (x86_64)

* ovmf-202208-150500.6.6.1

* ovmf-tools-202208-150500.6.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)

* ovmf-202208-150500.6.6.1

* ovmf-tools-202208-150500.6.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-ia32-202208-150500.6.6.1

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202208-150500.6.6.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202208-150500.6.6.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1218879

* bsc#1218880

* bsc#1218881

* bsc#1218882

* bsc#1218883

* bsc#1218884

* bsc#1218885

* bsc#1218886

* bsc#1218887

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45229.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45230.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45231.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45232.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45233.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45234.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45235.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45236.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45237.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218879

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218880

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218881

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218882

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218883

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218884

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218885

*...

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0407-1
Release Date: 2025-02-10T13:56:35Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak buffer overflow important network issue openSUSE ovmf

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