Bug 2234589 (CVE-2023-40547) - CVE-2023-40547 shim: RCE in http boot support may lead to Secure Boot bypass
Summary: CVE-2023-40547 shim: RCE in http boot support may lead to Secure Boot bypass
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2023-40547
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2259914
Blocks: 2234588
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-24 19:13 UTC by Marco Benatto
Modified: 2025-03-25 00:59 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

Fixed In Version: shim 15.8
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2024-04-18 07:24:34 UTC
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1834 0 None None None 2024-04-16 13:33:29 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1835 0 None None None 2024-04-16 13:41:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1873 0 None None None 2024-04-18 01:37:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1876 0 None None None 2024-04-18 01:42:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1883 0 None None None 2024-04-18 01:51:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1902 0 None None None 2024-04-18 07:57:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1903 0 None None None 2024-04-18 07:54:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1959 0 None None None 2024-04-23 00:47:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2086 0 None None None 2024-04-29 02:16:47 UTC

Description Marco Benatto 2023-08-24 19:13:52 UTC 
The MSRC Vulnerability & Mitigations (V&M) team discovered a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the latest version of the Linux shim (https://github.com/rhboot/shim). The shim's http boot support (httpboot.c) trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive.
Comment 2 Marco Benatto 2024-01-23 20:05:13 UTC 
Created shim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2259914]
Comment 13 Marta Lewandowska 2024-04-16 07:39:31 UTC 
reproduced using shim-15.6-3.el7_9
verified using shim 15.8-1.el7: CVE is mitigated
Sanity testing passed: efi binary signatures, booting VM, netboot / httpboot all work with new shim
Comment 14 Marta Lewandowska 2024-04-16 07:54:17 UTC 
Important update information:
The new shim revokes ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS of GRUB2. Therefore GRUB2 MUST be updated to the latest version: grub2-2.02-0.87.el7_9.14 (RHSA-2024:128440-02) BEFORE OR SIMULTANEOUSLY with this shim in order for Secure Boot to continue to work. Failure to update GRUB2 will result in an UNBOOTABLE system.
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-16 13:33:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:1834 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-16 13:41:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1835 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
Comment 17 Marta Lewandowska 2024-04-17 10:10:10 UTC 
all shim builds were tested against CVE reproducer as well as sanity tests: signatures on efi binaries, VM booting with SB disabled/enabled, http/netboot
shim-15.8-3 (fc)
shim-15.8-1.el7
shim-15.8-2.el8
shim-15.8-2.el8_1
shim-15.8-2.el8_2
shim-15.8-2.el8_4
shim-15.8-2.el8_6
shim-15.8-4.el8_9
shim-15.8-2.el8_10
shim-15.8-2.el9
shim-15.8-3.el9
shim-15.8-3.el9_2
shim-15.8-4.el9_3
shim-15.8-3.el9_4
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-18 01:37:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:1873 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-18 01:42:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1876 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-18 01:51:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1883 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-18 07:54:47 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:1903 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-18 07:57:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:1902 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
Comment 31 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-23 00:47:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2024:1959 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
Comment 34 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-29 02:16:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:2086 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
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