Access Restriction Bypass Affecting grub2 package, versions <2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRUB2-322123
  • published16 Dec 2015
  • disclosed16 Dec 2015

Introduced: 16 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8370  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 grub2 to version 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2 package and not the grub2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (disk corruption) via backspace characters in the (1) grub_username_get function in grub-core/normal/auth.c or the (2) grub_password_get function in lib/crypto.c, which trigger an "Off-by-two" or "Out of bounds overwrite" memory error.

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CVSS Base Scores

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