vulnerability
Centos Linux: CVE-2021-20225: Moderate: grub2 security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 2, 2021 | Mar 3, 2021 | Nov 18, 2021 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 2, 2021
Added
Mar 3, 2021
Modified
Nov 18, 2021
Description
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.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-fwupdcentos-upgrade-fwupd-debuginfocentos-upgrade-fwupd-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-fwupd-tests-debuginfocentos-upgrade-grub2centos-upgrade-grub2-commoncentos-upgrade-grub2-debuginfocentos-upgrade-grub2-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32centos-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootcentos-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64centos-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-cdbootcentos-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-pccentos-upgrade-grub2-pc-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-ppc-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-ppc64-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-ppc64le-modulescentos-upgrade-grub2-toolscentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-debuginfocentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-eficentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi-debuginfocentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-extracentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra-debuginfocentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimalcentos-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfocentos-upgrade-shim-ia32centos-upgrade-shim-x64
References
Rapid7 Labs
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