Out-of-bounds Write Affecting shim-ia32 package, versions <0:15.4-2.el8_5.2.rocky


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-SHIMIA32-3215496
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed3 Mar 2021

Introduced: 3 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 shim-ia32 to version 0:15.4-2.el8_5.2.rocky or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1734.

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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Setparam_prefix() in the menu rendering code performs a length calculation on the assumption that expressing a quoted single quote will require 3 characters, while it actually requires 4 characters which allows an attacker to corrupt memory by one byte for each quote in the input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1