CVE-2021-46705

Summary

CVECVE-2021-46705
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-16 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-23 17:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in grub-once of grub2 in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to truncate arbitrary files. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 grub2 versions prior to 2.06-150400.7.1. SUSE openSUSE Factory grub2 versions prior to 2.06-18.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-377

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Grub2 All All All All
Application Opensuse Factory - All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 sp4 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1190474 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-46705: grub2: grub2-once uses fixed file name in /var/tmp CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Ludwig Nussel of SUSE

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