In grub2 versions before 2.06 the grub memory allocator doesn't check for possible arithmetic overflows on the requested allocation size. This leads the function to return invalid memory allocations which can be further used to cause possible integrity, confidentiality and availability impacts during the boot process.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2020-07-29 20:15
Updated : 2024-02-28 17:47
NVD link : CVE-2020-14308
Mitre link : CVE-2020-14308
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-14308
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Products Affected
opensuse
- leap
gnu
- grub2
CWE
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound