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RedHat 8.4 RHSA-2023:4252-01 Important: OpenSSL Threat in EDK2

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial EDK2 security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing critical threat exploits.
An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and R...

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux threat important openssl edk2 X.400 address confusion

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.8.4):
Source: edk2-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-ovmf-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4):
Source: edk2-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4):
Source: edk2-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.src.rpm
noarch: edk2-aarch64-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.noarch.rpm edk2-ovmf-20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.3.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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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4252-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4252
Issue date: 2023-07-25

Topic

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 UpdateServices for SAP Solutions.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux threat important openssl edk2 X.400 address confusion

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

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

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