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Posted on 25 July 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: edk2 security update
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
CVE Names: CVE-2023-0286
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1. Summary:
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update
Services for SAP Solutions.
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 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
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):
* 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.
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/):
2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName
6. 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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
