CVE-2020-15707

Name
CVE-2020-15707
Description
Integer overflows were discovered in the functions grub_cmd_initrd and grub_initrd_init in the efilinux component of GRUB2, as shipped in Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu (the functionality is not included in GRUB2 upstream), leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. These could be triggered by an extremely large number of arguments to the initrd command on 32-bit architectures, or a crafted filesystem with very large files on any architecture. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code and bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Third Party Advisory https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673
Third Party Advisory http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
Issue Tracking https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot
Third Party Advisory https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200011
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
Exploit https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
Third Party Advisory https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* grub2 >= None <= 2.04

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status