CVE-2023-40547 -- shim (PTS)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:97852 | Date: (C)2024-02-08 (M)2024-04-29 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
An issue was discovered in Dnsmasq through 15.7-1. 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.
Platform: |
Debian 10.x |
Debian 11.x |
Debian 12.x |
Linux Mint 6 |
Linux Mint 5 |