CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
79.6%
The shim package contains a first-stage UEFI boot loader that handles chaining to a trusted full boot loader under secure boot environments.
Security Fix(es):
shim: RCE in http boot support may lead to Secure Boot bypass (CVE-2023-40547)
shim: Interger overflow leads to heap buffer overflow in verify_sbat_section on 32-bits systems (CVE-2023-40548)
shim: Out-of-bounds read printing error messages (CVE-2023-40546)
shim: Out-of-bounds read in verify_buffer_authenticode() malformed PE file (CVE-2023-40549)
shim: Out-of-bound read in verify_buffer_sbat() (CVE-2023-40550)
shim: out of bounds read when parsing MZ binaries (CVE-2023-40551)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 8 | x86_64 | shim-ia32 | < 15.8-2.el8_2 | shim-ia32-15.8-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 8 | x86_64 | shim-x64 | < 15.8-2.el8_2 | shim-x64-15.8-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm |