Description
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub's memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Published: 2021-03-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4867-1 grub2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20283 A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub's memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4992-1 GRUB 2 vulnerabilities
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnu Grub2
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:42.468Z

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27779

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-03T17:15:11.847

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:49.190

Link: CVE-2020-27779

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-02T18:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-27779 - Bugzilla

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