Out-of-bounds Write Affecting grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo package, versions <1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-GRUB2TOOLSEXTRADEBUGINFO-3340131
  • published6 Mar 2023
  • disclosed6 Jul 2022

Introduced: 6 Jul 2022

CVE-2021-3695  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo to version 1:2.06-61.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-020.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo package and not the grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A crafted 16-bit grayscale PNG image may lead to a out-of-bounds write in the heap area. An attacker may take advantage of that to cause heap data corruption or eventually arbitrary code execution and circumvent secure boot protections. This issue has a high complexity to be exploited as an attacker needs to perform some triage over the heap layout to achieve signifcant results, also the values written into the memory are repeated three times in a row making difficult to produce valid payloads. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.

CVSS Scores

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