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U-Boot Flaws Expose Devices to Stealthy Firmware Attacks

Researchers uncovered six critical vulnerabilities in U-Boot's firmware signature verification code, leaving devices open to stealthy attacks that can execute malicious code at startup. These flaws, ranging from denial of service to arbitrary code execution, highlight a major security risk that needs to be addressed.

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U-Boot Flaws Expose Devices to Code Execution, Crashes

Six newly discovered flaws in U-Boot, a widely used bootloader, leave devices from home routers to data-center servers vulnerable to code execution and crashes, posing a significant risk to everything that loads after it. These vulnerabilities can be exploited before the operating system even starts, undermining the entire security chain.

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