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HistoryApr 23, 2024 - 12:08 a.m.

(RHSA-2024:1959) Important: shim security update

2024-04-2300:08:07
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shim package
uefi boot loader
secure boot
rce
integer overflow
heap buffer overflow
out-of-bounds read
mz binaries
grub2 update

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.025 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.2%

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.

IMPORTANT: The new shim revokes ALL VERSIONS of GRUB2 before grub2-2.02-0.87.el7_9.14. Therefore GRUB2 MUST be updated to the latest
version: grub2-2.02-0.87.el7_9.14 BEFORE or SIMULTANEOUSLY with this shim in order for Secure Boot to continue to work. Failure to update GRUB2 will result in an UNBOOTABLE system.