CVE-2020-14308

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14308
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-29 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-18 15:22:00 UTC
DescriptionIn grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Grub2 All All All All
Application Gnu Grub2 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - multiple secure boot grub2 and linux kernel vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
July 2020 Grub2 Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1168-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1169-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GRUB: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4432-1: GRUB 2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1852009 – (CVE-2020-14308) CVE-2020-14308 grub2: grub_malloc does not validate allocation size allowing for arithmetic overflow and subsequent heap-based buffer overflow MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377345 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0064)
  • 377367 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0026)
  • 377533 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for grub2 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0108)
  • 502730 Alpine Linux Security Update for grub
  • 710015 Gentoo Linux GRUB Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-05)
  • 900056 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for grub2 2.06~rc1
  • 901826 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (6456-1)
  • 903304 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (1825)
  • 905953 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (1825-1)
  • 906325 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (6456-2)
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