CVE-2018-12179
published 2019-03-27CVE-2018-12179: Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure…
PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.42%
33.7th percentile
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | edk2 | < edk2 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 (bookworm) | edk2 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 (bookworm) |
| extensible_firmware_interface_development_kit | extensible_firmware_interface_development_kit | — | — |
| tianocore | edk2 | >= 0 < 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 | 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 |
| tianocore | edk2 | >= 0 < 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 | 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 |
| tianocore | edk2 | >= 0 < 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 | 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 |
| tianocore | edk2 | >= 0 < 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 | 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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Red Hat
edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
vendor_redhat·2019-03-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CWE-284 edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Package: ovmf (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: edk2 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: redhat-virtualization-host (Red Hat Virtualization 4) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-12179: edk2 - Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated u...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12179: edk2 - Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated u...
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
GHSA
GHSA-q4p4-w8wc-6x23: Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclos
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] GHSA-q4p4-w8wc-6x23: Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclos
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
OSV
CVE-2018-12179: Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclos
osv·2019-03-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12179: Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclos
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supp
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12179 edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12179 edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
CVE-2018-12179 edk2: improper configuration insystem firmware leads to privilege escalation
Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Reference:
https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.html
Discussion:
Created edk2 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1694085]
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Created edk2 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1694086]
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Can you please work with the TianoCore Bugzilla InfoSec group to open up the upstream ticket to the public? Thank you.
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Upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1133
Patch proposed in upstrea
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [epel-all]
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-12179 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [epel-all]
CVE-2018-12179 CVE-2018-12182 CVE-2018-12183 CVE-2019-0161 edk2: various flaws [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supporte
https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_ushttps://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
2019-03-27
Published