ELSA-2015-2623

ELSA-2015-2623 - grub2 security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2015-12-15

Description

[2.02-0.33.0.1]
- 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]

[2.02-0.33]
- Don't remove 01_users, it's the wrong thing to do.
Related:rhbz1290089

[2.02-0.32]
- Rebuild for .z so the release number is different.
Related: rhbz#1290089

[2.02-0.31]
- More work on handling of GRUB2_PASSWORD
Resolves: rhbz#1290089

[2.02-0.30]
- Fix security issue when reading username and password
Resolves: CVE-2015-8370
- Do a better job of handling GRUB_PASSWORD
Resolves: rhbz#1290089

Related CVEs

CVE-2015-8370

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	grub2-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.src.rpm	1ac8a847a9e584d71175cf0ef486065f2298c0a0d13236cec762c2b807062f60	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.src.rpm	1ac8a847a9e584d71175cf0ef486065f2298c0a0d13236cec762c2b807062f60	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_optional_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.src.rpm	1ac8a847a9e584d71175cf0ef486065f2298c0a0d13236cec762c2b807062f60	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_patch
	grub2-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	525e6e200cadf9a4cb13d819bc380bf9a90ed77e147373fecaf838bcc560e05a	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	525e6e200cadf9a4cb13d819bc380bf9a90ed77e147373fecaf838bcc560e05a	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_patch
	grub2-efi-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	545f24dbea502d9a9c5361cd8fdbe1dd793df29db806899124389a4be756a615	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-efi-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	545f24dbea502d9a9c5361cd8fdbe1dd793df29db806899124389a4be756a615	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_u2_patch
	grub2-efi-modules-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	6d2d330e684ebf50b9779be3f47ce24698760ca1b8b1a8e09d2aad4f5191ae06	ELBA-2016-2336	ol7_x86_64_optional_archive
	grub2-tools-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	039aeb27f8f6c407358bd957403d83cdd19f7afdbff141badf988ea78153bb43	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_latest_archive
	grub2-tools-2.02-0.33.0.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm	039aeb27f8f6c407358bd957403d83cdd19f7afdbff141badf988ea78153bb43	ELSA-2024-2002	ol7_x86_64_u2_patch

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