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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for shim (EulerOS-SA-2024-2011)

🗓️ 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for shim (EulerOS-SA-2024-2011). Remote code execution and out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in Shim package

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2024.2011");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-40547", "CVE-2023-40551");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-07-19 04:39:10 +0000 (Fri, 19 Jul 2024)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T05:40:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 05:40:49 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-02-08 19:25:40 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");

  script_name("Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for shim (EulerOS-SA-2024-2011)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_huawei_euleros_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/euleros", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=EULEROSVIRT\-2\.10\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"EulerOS-SA-2024-2011");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/euleros/securitydetail.html?secId=EulerOS-SA-2024-2011");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'shim' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2024-2011 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.(CVE-2023-40547)

A flaw was found in the MZ binary format in Shim. An out-of-bounds read may occur, leading to a crash or possible exposure of sensitive data during the system's boot phase.(CVE-2023-40551)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'shim' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS Virtualization release 2.10.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "EULEROSVIRT-2.10.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"shim", rpm:"shim~15~20.h17.eulerosv2r10", rls:"EULEROSVIRT-2.10.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"shim-aa64-storage", rpm:"shim-aa64-storage~15~20.h17.eulerosv2r10", rls:"EULEROSVIRT-2.10.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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15 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.18.3
EPSS0.04892
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