CVE-2023-40547

Shim: rce in http boot support may lead to secure boot bypass

State
Published
Severity
8.3 High
Published
Jan 25, 2024
Updated
Jun 26, 2026
Reserved
Aug 15, 2023

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
  • 0:15.8-3.el7 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
  • 0:15.8-1.el7 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:15.8-4.el8_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_2 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_2 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_2 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_4 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_4 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_4 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8_6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:15.8-4.el9_3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-3.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-2.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:15.8-3.el9_2 and laterNot affected

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