NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting shim-ia32 package, versions <0:15.8-4.el8_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-SHIMIA32-6189035
- published 25 Jan 2024
- disclosed 23 Jan 2024
Introduced: 23 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-40546 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
shim-ia32
to version 0:15.8-4.el8_9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shim-ia32
package and not the shim-ia32
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable. If Shim fails to create the new variable, it tries to print an error message to the user; however, the number of parameters used by the logging function doesn't match the format string used by it, leading to a crash under certain circumstances.