Release Date: | 2020-07-29 |
Integer overflows were discovered in the functions grub_cmd_initrd and grub_initrd_init in the efilinux component of GRUB2, as shipped in Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu (the functionality is not included in GRUB2 upstream), leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. These could be triggered by an extremely large number of arguments to the initrd command on 32-bit architectures, or a crafted filesystem with very large files on any architecture. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code and bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.
See more information about CVE-2020-15707 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 6.4 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Privileges Required: | High | User Interaction: | None |
Scope: | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact: | High |
Integrity Impact: | High | Availability Impact: | High |
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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