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edk2 — security advisory
EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
- Products
- edk2
- Affected versions
- 2022.11-6
- Fixed versions
- 2022.11-6+deb12u1, 2023.11-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-45235
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45235
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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