CVE-2017-16837

NameCVE-2017-16837
DescriptionCertain 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tboot (PTS)bullseye1.9.12+hg20200718-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1.10.5-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tbootsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- tboot <not-affected> (Fixed with first upload to Debian)
https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/

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