Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20210696
Revision Date:2021-03-02Version:638
Title:RHSA-2021:0696: grub2 security update (Moderate)
Description:The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.

Security Fix(es):

  • grub2: acpi command allows privileged user to load crafted ACPI tables when Secure Boot is enabled (CVE-2020-14372)

  • grub2: Use-after-free in rmmod command (CVE-2020-25632)

  • grub2: Out-of-bounds write in grub_usb_device_initialize() (CVE-2020-25647)

  • grub2: Stack buffer overflow in grub_parser_split_cmdline() (CVE-2020-27749)

  • grub2: cutmem command allows privileged user to remove memory regions when Secure Boot is enabled (CVE-2020-27779)

  • grub2: Heap out-of-bounds write in short form option parser (CVE-2021-20225)

  • grub2: Heap out-of-bounds write due to miscalculation of space required for quoting (CVE-2021-20233)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-14372
    CVE-2020-25632
    CVE-2020-25647
    CVE-2020-27749
    CVE-2020-27779
    CVE-2021-20225
    CVE-2021-20233
    RHSA-2021:0696
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • grub2-common is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-common is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-aa64 is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-aa64 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-aa64-modules is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-aa64-modules is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-ia32 is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-ia32 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-ia32-modules is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-ia32-modules is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-x64 is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-x64 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-x64-cdboot is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-x64-cdboot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-efi-x64-modules is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-efi-x64-modules is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-pc is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-pc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-pc-modules is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-pc-modules is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-ppc64le is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-ppc64le is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-ppc64le-modules is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-ppc64le-modules is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-tools is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-tools-efi is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-tools-efi is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-tools-extra is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-tools-extra is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • grub2-tools-minimal is earlier than 1:2.02-90.el8_3.1
  • AND grub2-tools-minimal is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK