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SUSE Linux 15 SP4 ovmf Security Update: Important fixes for multiple issues

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases new ovmf patches addressing high-risk vulnerabilities. Ensure you update immediately for enhanced security measures.
* bsc#1218879 * bsc#1218880 * bsc#1218881 * bsc#1218882 * bsc#1218883

Summary

## This update for ovmf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-1298: potential division-by-zero crash in edk2 due to UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount. (bsc#1225889) * 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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow out-of-bounds read SUSE Linux Enterprise ovmf DHCPv6 initial sequence number

References

* bsc#1218879

* bsc#1218880

* bsc#1218881

* bsc#1218882

* bsc#1218883

* bsc#1218884

* bsc#1218885

* bsc#1218886

* bsc#1218887

* bsc#1225889

Cross-

* CVE-2023-45229

* CVE-2023-45230

* CVE-2023-45231

* CVE-2023-45232

* CVE-2023-45233

* CVE-2023-45234

* CVE-2023-45235

* CVE-2023-45236

* CVE-2023-45237

* CVE-2024-1298

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-45229 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2023-45229 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2023-45230 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2023-45230 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-45230 ( NVD ): 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2023-45231 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0503-1
Release Date: 2025-02-13T10:12:13Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow out-of-bounds read SUSE Linux Enterprise ovmf DHCPv6 initial sequence number

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