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edk2 — security advisory
EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability.
- Products
- edk2
- Affected versions
- 2022.11-6
- Fixed versions
- 2022.11-6+deb12u1, 2023.11-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-45232
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45232
edk2
Fixed versions: 2022.11-6+deb12u1
edk2
Fixed versions: 2023.11-6
edk2
Fixed versions: 2023.11-6
Complete source record
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