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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2019-0968 Important: edk2 Buffer Overflow

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An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: edk2 security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2019:0968-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0968
Issue date:        2019-05-07
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-12180 
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1. Summary:

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

3. Description:

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: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk (CVE-2018-12180)

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.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1683372 - CVE-2018-12180 edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

Source:
edk2-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.src.rpm

noarch:
edk2-aarch64-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm
edk2-ovmf-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12180
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2019-0968 Important: edk2 Buffer Overflow

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Crucial security patch released for edk2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, impacting essential operations.
An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

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: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk (CVE-2018-12180)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12180 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: edk2-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20180508gitee3198e672e2-9.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Severity
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Lowest
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Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0968-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2019-05-07

Topic

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1683372 - CVE-2018-12180 edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk

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