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SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-11-24 15:17 - Updated: 2017-11-24 15:17

Summary

Recommended update for tboot

Notes

Title of the patch

Recommended update for tboot

Description of the patch

This update for tboot fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2017-16837: Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are notvalidated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users tooverwrite dynamic PCRs of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) by h (bsc#1068390) Bug fixes: - Fixed failed trusted boot on some systems like Intel Xeon 'Purley 8s' processors. The following error message showed: 'TBOOT: wait-for-sipi loop timed-out'. Booting continued but 'TXT measured launch' was wrongly reported as FALSE. (bsc#1057555)

Patchnames

SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1901,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1901

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CVE-2017-16837 (GCVE-0-2017-16837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-16 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:35

Summary

Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are not validated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users to overwrite dynamic PCRs of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) by hooking these function pointers.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity1…	x_refsource_MISC

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1

CVE-2017-16837 (GCVE-0-2017-16837)

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