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Ubuntu: USN-4992-1 (CVE-2021-20225): GRUB 2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4992-1 (CVE-2021-20225): GRUB 2 vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/02/2021
Created
06/21/2021
Added
06/18/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-grub-efi-amd64-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-grub-efi-amd64-signed
  • ubuntu-upgrade-grub-efi-arm64-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-grub-efi-arm64-signed

References

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