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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-12180: Security patch for edk2 (ALAS-2019-1273)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-12180: Security patch for edk2 (ALAS-2019-1273)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2019
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Buffer overflow in BlockIo service for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-ovmf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-edk2-tools-python

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