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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27749: Stack buffer overflow in grub_parser_split_cmdline() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27749: Stack buffer overflow in grub_parser_split_cmdline() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/02/2021
Created
03/04/2021
Added
03/03/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Variable names present are expanded in the supplied command line into their corresponding variable contents, using a 1kB stack buffer for temporary storage, without sufficient bounds checking. If the function is called with a command line that references a variable with a sufficiently large payload, it is possible to overflow the stack buffer, corrupt the stack frame and control execution which could also circumvent Secure Boot protections. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-fwupd
  • redhat-upgrade-fwupd-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-fwupd-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-fwupd-tests-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2
  • 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-ppc-modules
  • redhat-upgrade-grub2-ppc64-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
  • redhat-upgrade-shim-ia32
  • redhat-upgrade-shim-unsigned-x64
  • redhat-upgrade-shim-x64

References

  • CVE-2020-27749
  • RHSA-2021:0696
  • RHSA-2021:0697
  • RHSA-2021:0698
  • RHSA-2021:0699
  • RHSA-2021:0700
  • RHSA-2021:0701
  • RHSA-2021:1734
  • RHSA-2021:2566
  • RHSA-2021:2790
  • RHSA-2021:3675
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