Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
References
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2008-09-03 07:12
Updated : 2018-10-11 13:50
NVD link : CVE-2008-3896
Mitre link : CVE-2008-3896
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CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Products Affected
gnu
- grub_legacy