An edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux.

ALSA-2021:4198 Moderate: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:
security

Severity:
moderate

Release date:
2021-11-12

Description
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: edk2 (20210527gite1999b264f1f). (BZ#1846481, BZ#1938238)
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate (CVE-2021-23840)
* openssl: NULL pointer dereference in X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() (CVE-2021-23841)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References:
CVE-2021-23840
CVE-2021-23841

Updates packages:
edk2-ovmf-20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8.noarch.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

  ALSA-2021:4198 Moderate: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update