CVE-2015-8370

Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (disk corruption) via backspace characters in the (1) grub_username_get function in grub-core/normal/auth.c or the (2) grub_password_get function in lib/crypto.c, which trigger an "Off-by-two" or "Out of bounds overwrite" memory error.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:1.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:1.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-12-16 13:59

Updated : 2018-10-09 12:58


NVD link : CVE-2015-8370

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8370


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-264

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Products Affected

gnu

  • grub2

fedoraproject

  • fedora