| Name | CVE-2023-40547 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1061519 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| shim (PTS) | buster | 15.4-7~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 15.7-1~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 15.7-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 15.7-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| shim | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1061519 |
Notes
[bookworm] - shim <no-dsa> (Minor issue, fix with a point release)
[bullseye] - shim <no-dsa> (Minor issue, fix with a point release)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234589
https://github.com/rhboot/shim/commit/0226b56513b2b8bd5fd281bce77c40c9bf07c66d (15.8)