CVE-2015-8370

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8370
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-16 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-16 01:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (disk corruption) via backspace characters in the (1) grub_username_get function in grub-core/normal/auth.c or the (2) grub_password_get function in lib/crypto.c, which trigger an "Off-by-two" or "Out of bounds overwrite" memory error.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 1.98 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 1.99 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.00 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.01 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.02 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 1.98 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 1.99 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.00 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.01 All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 2.02 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2392-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3421-1 grub2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2375-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Back to 28: Grub2 Authentication Bypass 0-Day [CVE-2015-8370] MLIST www.openwall.com
Full Disclosure: Back to 28: Grub2 Authentication Bypass 0-Day [CVE-2015-8370] FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: grub2-2.02-0.25.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2386-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2399-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: grub2-2.02-0.18.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2387-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0036-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GNU GRUB2 CVE-2015-8370 Multiple Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
GNU GRUB Authentication Bug Lets Local Users Bypass Authentication and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
GRUB: Authentication bypass (GLSA 201512-03) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Grub2 Authentication Bypass ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Back to 28: Grub2 Authentication Bypass 0-Day MISC hmarco.org Exploit
oss-security - CVE-2023-4001: a password bypass vulnerability in the downstream GRUB boot manager www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-2836-1: GRUB vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900175 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for grub2 2.02
  • 903246 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (1824)
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