CVE-2020-14311

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14311
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-31 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is an issue with grub2 before version 2.06 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of UINT32_MAX causes an arithmetic overflow leading to a zero-sized memory allocation with subsequent heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
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
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 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 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
1852014 – (CVE-2020-14311) CVE-2020-14311 grub2: Integer overflow in grub_ext2_read_link leads to heap-based buffer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[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
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
  • 901677 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (6459-1)
  • 903552 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (2557)
  • 905793 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (2557-1)
  • 906281 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for grub2 (6459-2)
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