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RedHat: RHSA-2023-4124-01 Important: edk2 OpenSSL Security Fix

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Uncover the significant edk2 enhancement for Red Hat, tackling crucial OpenSSL vulnerabilities with major consequences.
An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise...

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):
* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix OpenSSL Red Hat Enterprise Important edk2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source: edk2-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source: edk2-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
Source: edk2-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.2.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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4124-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4124
Issue date: 2023-07-18

Topic

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 TelecommunicationsUpdate Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix OpenSSL Red Hat Enterprise Important edk2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

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