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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GRUB vulnerability (USN-2836-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87408

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll discovered that GRUB incorrectly handled the backspace key when configured to use authentication. A local attacker could use this issue to bypass GRUB password protection.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2836-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87408

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2836-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-coreboot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-coreboot-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-amd64-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-arm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-arm-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-ieee1275-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-linuxbios, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-mount-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-pc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-pc-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-rescue-pc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-theme-starfield, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-uboot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-uboot-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-xen, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-xen-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-arm64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-arm64-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-ia32-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-emu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-firmware-qemu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-ieee1275

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8370

USN: 2836-1