CVE-2019-14865

Summary

CVECVE-2019-14865
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-29 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:36:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-267

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Grub2 - All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1764925 – (CVE-2019-14865) CVE-2019-14865 grub2: grub2-set-bootflag utility causes grubenv corruption rendering the system non-bootable MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-sec: grub2-set-bootflag utility causes grubenv corruption rendering the system un-bootable MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1764925 – (CVE-2019-14865) CVE-2019-14865 grub2: grub2-set-bootflag utility causes grubenv corruption rendering the system non-bootable CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377367 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0026)
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