CVE-2023-48733 (GCVE-0-2023-48733)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-14 21:54
Modified
2025-05-08 15:18
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in Ubuntu's EDK2. This allows an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/+bug/2040137Issue Tracking
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/2040139Issue Tracking
security@ubuntu.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00028.htmlMailing List
security@ubuntu.comhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48733Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/+bug/2040137Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/2040139Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00028.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48733Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4Mailing List
Impacted products
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Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu EDK II Version: 0   ≤
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