CVE-2023-49721

Name
CVE-2023-49721
Description
An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in LXD. This allows an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/+bug/2040137
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/2040139
security@ubuntu.com https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48733
security@ubuntu.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* lxd >= 5.0.0 < 5.21.0
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* edk2 >= None <= 2023.11-8

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
lxd edge-community 5.0.3-r9 None possibly vulnerable
lxd edge-community 5.0.3-r8 None possibly vulnerable
lxd edge-community 5.0.3-r7 None possibly vulnerable
lxd edge-community 5.0.3-r6 Leonardo Arena <larena@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
lxd 3.22-community 5.0.3-r11 Leonardo Arena <larena@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202508-r4 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202508-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202508-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202508-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202508-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 edge-community 0.0.202308-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
edk2 3.22-community 0.0.202308-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable