rhsa-2021_3172
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2021-08-17 08:32
Modified
2024-11-22 17:14
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security update

Notes

Topic
An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. 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.
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. Security Fix(es): * edk2: remote buffer overflow in IScsiHexToBin function in NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe (BZ#1956284) 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.
Terms of Use
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