Description
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Published: 2021-03-03
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4867-1 grub2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7665 A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. 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: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.623Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20225

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-03T17:15:11.973

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:09.903

Link: CVE-2021-20225

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2021-20225 - Bugzilla

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