ELSA-2015-2401

ELSA-2015-2401 - grub2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	LOW
Release Date:	2015-11-23

Description

[2.02-0.29.0.1]
- Fix comparison in patch for 18504756
- Remove symlink to grub environment file during uninstall on EFI platforms
[bug 19231481]
- update Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Put 'with' in menuentry instead of 'using' [bug 18504756]
- Use different titles for UEK and RHCK kernels [bug 18504756]

[2.02-0.29]
- Fix DHCP6 timeouts due to failed network stack once more.
Resolves: rhbz#1267139

[2.02-0.28]
- Once again, rebuild for the right build target.
Resolves: CVE-2015-5281

[2.02-0.27]
- Remove multiboot and multiboot2 modules from the .efi builds; they
should never have been there.
Resolves: CVE-2015-5281

[2.02-0.26]
- Be more aggressive about trying to make sure we use the configured SNP
device in UEFI.
Resolves: rhbz#1257475

[2.02-0.25]
- Force file sync to disk on ppc64le machines.
Resolves: rhbz#1212114

[2.02-0.24]
- Undo 0.23 and fix it a different way.
Resolves: rhbz#1124074

[2.02-0.23]
- Reverse kernel sort order so they're displayed correctly.
Resolves: rhbz#1124074

[2.02-0.22]
- Make upgrades work reasonably well with grub2-setpassword .
Related: rhbz#985962

[2.02-0.21]
- Add a simpler grub2 password config tool
Related: rhbz#985962
- Some more coverity nits.

[2.02-0.20]
- Deal with some coverity nits.
Related: rhbz#1215839
Related: rhbz#1124074

[2.02-0.19]
- Rebuild for Aarch64
- Deal with some coverity nits.
Related: rhbz#1215839
Related: rhbz#1124074

[2.02-0.18]
- Update for an rpmdiff problem with one of the man pages.
Related: rhbz#1124074

Related CVEs

CVE-2015-5281

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	grub2-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.src.rpm	157082f17fe5ebf1b8ba9d1471ca83a8b6fc262e7f116e7298e02bf959102c24	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.src.rpm	157082f17fe5ebf1b8ba9d1471ca83a8b6fc262e7f116e7298e02bf959102c24	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_optional_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.src.rpm	157082f17fe5ebf1b8ba9d1471ca83a8b6fc262e7f116e7298e02bf959102c24	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_base
	grub2-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	6c41683d52304a86a56ebea035c616bcb6e5f091143699528d9094250ee49221	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	6c41683d52304a86a56ebea035c616bcb6e5f091143699528d9094250ee49221	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_base
	grub2-efi-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	6297a378dd6669f8a7fcdd5d45e145b7c76387d4df33a5f47d51b09af5871b00	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-efi-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	6297a378dd6669f8a7fcdd5d45e145b7c76387d4df33a5f47d51b09af5871b00	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_u2_base
	grub2-efi-modules-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	b395970c047009b399303a5cc9e491252c2149e12a3f489553278bb4a38b260f	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_optional_archive
	grub2-tools-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	5df66f4b09417b41dcb3c0908e89711fa5a8023b9a39ffc39e54bc49d9b0b8b0	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-tools-2.02-0.29.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	5df66f4b09417b41dcb3c0908e89711fa5a8023b9a39ffc39e54bc49d9b0b8b0	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_base

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