Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-3697) (Multiple Advisories): grub2 security update
Description
A crafted JPEG image may lead the JPEG reader to underflow its data pointer, allowing user-controlled data to be written in heap. To a successful to be performed the attacker needs to perform some triage over the heap layout and craft an image with a malicious format and payload. This vulnerability can lead to data corruption and eventual code execution or secure boot circumvention. This flaw affects grub2 versions prior grub-2.12.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-common
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modules
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-modules
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-cdboot
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-modules
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-pc
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-pc-modules
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-tools
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra
- oracle-linux-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal
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