cve-2023-40546
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-29 16:29
Modified
2024-11-24 14:18
Summary
Shim: out-of-bounds read printing error messages
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40546Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241796Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40546Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241796Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_2   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_2   < *
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_2   < *
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_4   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::baseos
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_4   < *
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_4   < *
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:15.8-4.el9_3   < *
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    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el9   < *
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    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-2.el9   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:15.8-3.el9_2   < *
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