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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-20225: grub2 security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-20225: grub2 security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/03/2021
Created
05/19/2021
Added
05/18/2021
Modified
05/18/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-common
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modules
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-tools
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal

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