shim: A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable
CVE-2023-40546 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by shim 15.8-0ubuntu1, released January 22, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable. If Shim fails to create the new variable, it tries to print an error message to the user; however, the number of parameters used by the logging function doesn't match the format string used by it, leading to a crash under certain circumstances.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| shim · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 15.8-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40546 | Jan 29, 2024 |
| shim · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 15.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40546 | Jan 29, 2024 |
| shim · Debian 14 | 15.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40546 | Jan 29, 2024 |
| shim · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| shim · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · RHEL 8 | 0:15.8-4.el8_9 | RHSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · RHEL 9 | 0:15.8-4.el9_3 | RHSA-2024:1903 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · almalinux 8 | 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · almalinux 9 | 15.8-4.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1903 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · ol 8 | 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 | ELSA-2024-1902 | Apr 25, 2024 |
| shim-aa64 · ol 9 | 0:15.8-1.0.3.el9 | ELSA-2024-1903 | Apr 22, 2024 |
| shim-ia32 · RHEL 8 | 0:15.8-4.el8_9 | RHSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-ia32 · almalinux 8 | 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-ia32 · ol 8 | 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 | ELSA-2024-1902 | Apr 25, 2024 |
| shim-signed · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1.40.10+15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim-signed 1.40.10+15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim-signed · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1.51.4+15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim-signed 1.51.4+15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim-signed · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim-signed 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| shim-signed · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 | shim-signed 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| shim-signed · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 1.58 | shim-signed 1.58 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · RHEL 8 | 0:15.8-4.el8_9 | RHSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · RHEL 9 | 0:15.8-4.el9_3 | RHSA-2024:1903 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · almalinux 8 | 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1902 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · almalinux 9 | 15.8-4.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1903 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · ol 8 | 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 | ELSA-2024-1902 | Apr 25, 2024 |
| shim-x64 · ol 9 | 0:15.8-1.0.3.el9 | ELSA-2024-1903 | Apr 22, 2024 |
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