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CVE-2023-39950

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

efibootguard is a simple UEFI boot loader with support for safely switching between current and updated partition sets. Insufficient or missing validation and sanitization of input from untrustworthy bootloader environment files can cause crashes and probably also code injections into `bg_setenv`) or programs using `libebgenv`. This is triggered when the affected components try to modify a manipulated environment, in particular its user variables. Furthermore, `bg_printenv` may crash over invalid read accesses or report invalid results. Not affected by this issue is EFI Boot Guard's bootloader EFI binary. EFI Boot Guard release v0.15 contains required patches to sanitize and validate the bootloader environment prior to processing it in userspace. Its library and tools should be updated, so should programs statically linked against it. An update of the bootloader EFI executable is not required. The only way to prevent the issue with an unpatched EFI Boot Guard version is to avoid accesses to user variables, specifically modifications to them.

How to fix

Remediation Available
efibootguardDebian
Fixed in:0.13-2+deb12u1CVE-2023-39950
Fixed in:0.15-1CVE-2023-39950
Fixed in:0.15-1CVE-2023-39950

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days
31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.