Insecure Temporary File Affecting grub2 package, versions [,2.06)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRUB2-2426983
  • published16 Mar 2022
  • disclosed16 Mar 2022
  • creditLudwig Nussel of SUSE

Introduced: 16 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-46705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade grub2 to version 2.06 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Temporary File which allows local attackers to truncate arbitrary files.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1