CVE-2014-3677

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-10-13
CWE:
CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1148232: CVE-2014-3677 shim: memory corruption flaw when processing Machine Owner Keys (MOKs)
An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the way shim processed certain Machine Owner Keys (MOKs). A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (shim) RHSA-2014:1801 2014-11-04

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the SUSE Security Team for reporting this issue.

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