usn-4395-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-06-15 13:23
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
fwupd vulnerability
Details

Justin Steven discovered that fwupd incorrectly handled certain signature verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to install an unsigned firmware.

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  "id": "USN-4395-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:38Z",
  "published": "2020-06-15T13:23:34Z",
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}



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