Red Hat: CVE-2019-14865: CVE-2019-14865 grub2: grub2-set-bootflag utility causes grubenv corruption rendering the system non-bootable (Multiple Advisories)
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
11/29/2019
02/06/2020
02/05/2020
12/15/2023
Description
A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-common
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-debugsource
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-aa64-modules
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-ia32-modules
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-cdboot
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-efi-x64-modules
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-pc
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-pc-modules
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc64le-modules
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal
- redhat-upgrade-grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo
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