Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting grub2-pc-modules package, versions <1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GRUB2PCMODULES-2578072
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed31 Jul 2020

Introduced: 31 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 grub2-pc-modules to version 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5786.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2-pc-modules package and not the grub2-pc-modules package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an issue with grub2 before version 2.06 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of UINT32_MAX causes an arithmetic overflow leading to a zero-sized memory allocation with subsequent heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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