GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) 2 1.97 only compares the submitted portion of a password with the actual password, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to conduct brute force attacks and bypass authentication by submitting a password whose length is 1.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-01T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:09.498Z

Reserved: 2009-11-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-4128

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-01T16:30:01.467

Modified: 2024-01-16T01:15:33.613

Link: CVE-2009-4128

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4128 - Bugzilla