Out-of-bounds Read Affecting rhboot/shim package, versions [0.3,0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.69% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RHBOOTSHIM-2366275
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Oct 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3675  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade rhboot/shim to version 0.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. Shim allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1