Critical shim bug impacts every Linux boot loader signed in the past decade

The maintainers of Shim addressed six vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The maintainers of ‘shim’ addressed six vulnerabilities with the release of version 15.8. The most severe of these vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), can lead to remote code execution under specific circumstances. The vulnerability CVE-2023-40547 is […]

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