Bug 1924696 (CVE-2021-20225) - CVE-2021-20225 grub2: Heap out-of-bounds write in short form option parser
Summary: CVE-2021-20225 grub2: Heap out-of-bounds write in short form option parser
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-20225
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Javier Martinez Canillas
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Depends On: 1932793 1932921 1932922 1932923 1932924 1932925 1932926 1932927 1932928 1932929 1932930 1932931 1932932 1932933 1932934 1932935 1932936 1932937 1932938 1932939 1932940 1932941 1932942 1932943 1932944 1932945 1932947 1932948 1932949 1932950 1932951 1932952 1932953 1932954 1932955 1932956 1932957 1932958 1932959 1934251 1991009 1991011 1991012 1991015 1991016 1991018
Blocks: 1899965
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-02-03 13:26 UTC by Marco Benatto
Modified: 2023-09-26 14:56 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: grub 2.06
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A flaw was found in grub2. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-03-03 01:02:14 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:0730 0 None None None 2021-03-04 13:50:03 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:0731 0 None None None 2021-03-04 14:03:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:0791 0 None None None 2021-03-09 20:47:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0696 0 None None None 2021-03-02 19:21:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0697 0 None None None 2021-03-02 19:25:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0698 0 None None None 2021-03-02 19:17:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0699 0 None None None 2021-03-02 20:48:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0700 0 None None None 2021-03-02 20:50:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0701 0 None None None 2021-03-02 21:01:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0702 0 None None None 2021-03-02 20:09:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0703 0 None None None 2021-03-02 19:36:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0704 0 None None None 2021-03-02 19:53:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:2566 0 None None None 2021-06-29 16:26:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:2790 0 None None None 2021-07-20 22:09:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3675 0 None None None 2021-09-28 14:34:47 UTC

Description Marco Benatto 2021-02-03 13:26:08 UTC 
The option parser in grub2 allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options.
Comment 3 Marco Benatto 2021-03-02 18:40:44 UTC 
Created grub2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1934251]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 19:17:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0698 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0698
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 19:21:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:0696 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0696
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 19:25:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0697 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0697
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 19:36:39 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0703 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0703
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 19:53:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0704 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0704
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 20:09:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0702 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0702
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 20:48:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:0699 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0699
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 20:50:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0700
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2021-03-02 21:01:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:0701 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0701
Comment 13 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-03-03 01:02:14 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-20225
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 14:37:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:1734 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1734
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2021-06-29 16:26:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:2566 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2566
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2021-07-20 22:09:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:2790 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2790
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-28 14:34:46 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3675 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3675
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