DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38576
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576
Upstream
Published
2022-01-03T22:15:09.903Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:04:21.038591Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A BIOS bug in firmware for a particular PC model leaves the Platform authorization value empty. This can be used to permanently brick the TPM in multiple ways, as well as to non-permanently DoS the system.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/edk2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2020.11-2+deb11u3

Affected versions

2020.*

2020.11-2
2020.11-2+deb11u1
2020.11-2+deb11u2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576.json"

Debian:12 / edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/edk2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2021.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576.json"

Debian:13 / edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/edk2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2021.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576.json"

Debian:14 / edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/edk2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2021.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576.json"