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Red Hat 9 RHSA-2023:2487-01 Moderate: fwupd Security Patch

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant fwupd security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 addresses critical issues related to multiple vulnerabilities.
An update for fwupd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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

The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware.
Security Fix(es):
* fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf (CVE-2022-3287)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34301)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34302)
* shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-34303)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat update security patch secure boot fwupd

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3287 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34301 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34302 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34303 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64: fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-tests-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.x86_64.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.8.10-2.el9.x86_64.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-1.8.10-2.el9.x86_64.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.x86_64.rpm fwupd-tests-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: fwupd-1.8.10-2.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: fwupd-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm fwupd-tests-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: fwupd-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-plugin-flashrom-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: fwupd-1.8.10-2.el9.s390x.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.8.10-2.el9.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2487-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2487
Issue date: 2023-05-09

Topic

An update for fwupd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat update security patch secure boot fwupd

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2119436 - EFI partition configured as FAT16 instead of 32

2120687 - CVE-2022-34302 shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass

2120699 - CVE-2022-34301 shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass

2120701 - CVE-2022-34303 shim: 3rd party shim allow secure boot bypass

2128384 - fwupd fails to apply Secure Boot dbx update on systems

2129280 - CVE-2022-3287 fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf [rhel-9.2.0]

2129904 - CVE-2022-3287 fwupd: world readable password in /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf

2165096 - Rebase fwupd to pick up all the ESP fixes

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