CVE-2023-40547
Public on 2024-01-24
Modified on 2024-01-30
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.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | shim | 2024-02-29 | ALAS2-2024-2484 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |