UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16837
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837
Upstream
Published
2017-11-16T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:36Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tboot

Package

Name
tboot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tboot@1.8.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.3-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "tboot"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tboot

Package

Name
tboot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tboot@1.9.6-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.9.6-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.6-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "tboot"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / tboot

Package

Name
tboot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tboot@1.9.7-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.7-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.7-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "tboot"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837.json"