CVE-2020-14311

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-07-31

Description

There is an issue with grub2 before version 2.06 while handling symlink on ext filesystems. A filesystem containing a symbolic link with an inode size of UINT32_MAX causes an arithmetic overflow leading to a zero-sized memory allocation with subsequent heap-based buffer overflow.

See more information about CVE-2020-14311 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (grub2)	ELSA-2020-5782	2020-07-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (grub2)	ELSA-2020-5790	2020-07-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (grub2)	ELSA-2020-5786	2020-07-29

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