A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access, obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network, or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access, an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.2
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade grub | Aug 22, 2024 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade fwupdateUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-ppc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade fwupdate-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade mokutilUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-ppc64-modulesUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade fwupdate-libsUpgrade fwupdate-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade fwupdate-develUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade fwupd-debuginfoUpgrade fwupdUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade shim-unsigned-ia32Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade fwupd-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modules | Jul 30, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade grub2 | Jul 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-devel/grub. | May 3, 2021 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2 | Aug 21, 2020 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-efi-x64 | Aug 21, 2020 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-common | Sep 3, 2020 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-common | Aug 21, 2020 | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-pc | Jul 30, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade fwupdate-efiUpgrade grub2-efi-x64Upgrade grub2-tools-debuginfoUpgrade grub2Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-modulesNo solution existsUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc64-modulesUpgrade grub2-ppc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimalUpgrade shim-unsigned-ia32Upgrade grub2-debugsourceUpgrade grub2-efi-aa64-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-efi-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extraUpgrade shim-unsigned-ia32-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-commonUpgrade grub2-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdbootUpgrade fwupdateUpgrade mokutilUpgrade grub2-toolsUpgrade shim-unsigned-x64Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdbootUpgrade shim-ia32Upgrade grub2-pcUpgrade grub2-ppc64le-modulesUpgrade fwupd-debuginfoUpgrade shim-x64Upgrade mokutil-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-extra-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-efi-ia32Upgrade fwupdate-develUpgrade fwupd-debugsourceUpgrade fwupdate-libsUpgrade shim-unsigned-aa64-debuginfoUpgrade grub2-tools-efiUpgrade grub2-pc-modulesUpgrade grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade fwupdUpgrade fwupdate-debuginfo | Jul 30, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade grub2-x86_64-efi-debugUpgrade grub2-x86_64-xenUpgrade grub2-branding-upstreamUpgrade grub2-x86_64-efiUpgrade grub2-arm64-efiUpgrade grub2-snapper-pluginUpgrade grub2-s390x-emuUpgrade grub2-i386-pc-debugUpgrade grub2-i386-xenUpgrade grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin | Jul 31, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade grub-efi-arm64-signedUpgrade grub-efi-amd64-binUpgrade grub-efi-arm-binUpgrade grub-efi-arm64-binUpgrade grub-efi-ia32-binUpgrade grub-efi-amd64-signed | Aug 5, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 30, 2020 |
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