[ALSA-2024:1902] Important: shim security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2024-05-10
Description:
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.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 shim-aa64-15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1.aarch64.rpm 99a983eeec0afc0dd5d88f798da359cf30643dcd4782fe659dbc82b50cda5106
x86_64 shim-ia32-15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1.x86_64.rpm 112fcb50a67218cc56c32d07c169a3f2b1c9361875cbe4f55232187e91900b44
x86_64 shim-x64-15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1.x86_64.rpm 7f274577375b61be494a295b6c31c280bca6c95c2f7b8be7dd4f5e0f938241f6
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.