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openSUSE Leap 15.6: SUSE-SU-2025:0421-1 important: ovmf buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This revision addresses eight key OVMF concerns affecting multiple SUSE versions and provides crucial setup guidelines.
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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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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-421=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-421=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-421=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-421=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)

* ovmf-202308-150600.5.9.1

* ovmf-tools-202308-150600.5.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch32-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-ovmf-ia32-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202308-150600.5.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-debug-202308-150600.5.9.1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch32-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202308-150600.5.9.1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-debug-202308-150600.5.9.1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)

* ovmf-202308-150600.5.9.1

* ovmf-tools-202308-150600.5.9.1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (noarch)

* qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202308-150600.5.9.1

* qemu-uefi-aarch64-202308-150600.5.9.1

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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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0421-1
Release Date: 2025-02-11T10:28:30Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

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