Is CVE-2023-45230 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-45230 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-45230?

CVE-2023-45230 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-45230?

CVE-2023-45230 has an EPSS score of 1.21% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-45230?

Upgrade edk2 on debian 11 to 2020.11-2+deb11u3 or later. Fixes are available for 23 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-45230

HIGH

8.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability via a long server ID option in DHCPv6 client. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

edk2Debian

Fixed in:2020.11-2+deb11u3CVE-2023-45230

Fixed in:2022.11-6+deb12u1CVE-2023-45230

Fixed in:2023.11-6CVE-2023-45230

edk2Rocky

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.3RHSA-2024:1004

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.4RHSA-2024:1013

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.4RHSA-2024:1013

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.3RHSA-2024:1004

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

edk2-aarch64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2-aarch64Rocky

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

edk2-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2-ovmfRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.4RHSA-2024:1013

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.3RHSA-2024:1004

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2-ovmfRocky

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.3RHSA-2024:1004

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.4RHSA-2024:1013

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.3RHSA-2024:1415

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.4RHSA-2024:3497

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-6.el8_9.6RHSA-2024:1063

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.4RHSA-2024:1077

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2-toolsRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-tools-docRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

edk2-tools-docRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20230524-4.el9_3.2RHSA-2024:1075

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.2RHSA-2024:1076

edk2Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

efi-shell-aa64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

efi-shell-armUbuntu

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

efi-shell-x64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

ovmfUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

qemu-efiUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-6638-1

qemu-efi-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

qemu-efi-armUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-6638-1

Fixed in:2023.05-2ubuntu0.1USN-6638-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

packetstormsecurity.com

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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