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MiracleLinux 8 : shim-15.8-4.el8_9.ML.1 (AXSA:2024-7744:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292335

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2024-7744:01 advisory.

 * shim: RCE in http boot support may lead to Secure Boot bypass (CVE-2023-40547)
 * shim: Interger overflow leads to heap buffer overflow in verify_sbat_section on 32-bits systems (CVE-2023-40548)
 * shim: Out-of-bounds read printing error messages (CVE-2023-40546)
 * shim: Out-of-bounds read in verify_buffer_authenticode() malformed PE file (CVE-2023-40549)
 * shim: Out-of-bound read in verify_buffer_sbat() (CVE-2023-40550)
 * shim: out of bounds read when parsing MZ binaries (CVE-2023-40551)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected shim-ia32 and / or shim-x64 packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/18928

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292335

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7744.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40547

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:shim-ia32, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:shim-x64

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40546, CVE-2023-40547, CVE-2023-40548, CVE-2023-40549, CVE-2023-40550, CVE-2023-40551