Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package grub2-signed (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRUB2SIGNED-1623837
- published16 Jun 2021
- disclosed3 Mar 2021
Introduced: 3 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-20225 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2-signed package and not the grub2-signed package as distributed by Ubuntu.
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-20225
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWZ36QK4IKU6MWDWNOOWKPH3WXZBHT2R/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1924696
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWZ36QK4IKU6MWDWNOOWKPH3WXZBHT2R/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0001/