NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting rhboot/shim package, versions [,15.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RHBOOTSHIM-6209980
  • published30 Jan 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-40546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade rhboot/shim to version 15.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to an improper handling of error messages. An attacker can cause a system crash or read sensitive information from memory by triggering an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

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