{"id":"ALSA-2023:2165","summary":"Important: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"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. \n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)\n* edk2: integer underflow in SmmEntryPoint function leads to potential SMM privilege escalation (CVE-2021-38578)\n* openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)\n* openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)\n* openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:55:37.447683Z","published":"2023-05-09T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2021-38578","CVE-2022-4304","CVE-2022-4450","CVE-2023-0215","CVE-2023-0286"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2165"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38578"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4304"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4450"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0215"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1960321"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2164440"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2164487"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2164492"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2164494"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2165.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"edk2-aarch64","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/edk2-aarch64"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2165.json"}},{"package":{"name":"edk2-ovmf","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/edk2-ovmf"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2165.json"}},{"package":{"name":"edk2-tools","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/edk2-tools"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2165.json"}},{"package":{"name":"edk2-tools-doc","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/edk2-tools-doc"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:2165.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}