rhsa-2024_0888
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2024-02-20 12:28
Modified
2024-11-06 05:03
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security update

Notes

Topic
An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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): * openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446) 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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