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Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-45233: edk2 (RLSA-2024-2264)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-45233: edk2 (RLSA-2024-2264)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/16/2024
Created
05/13/2024
Added
05/13/2024
Modified
08/28/2024

Description

EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite lop vulnerability when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-edk2-tools
  • rocky-upgrade-edk2-tools-debuginfo

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