Bug 2334771 (CVE-2024-56738) - CVE-2024-56738 grub2: Observable Timing Discrepancy resulting side-channel attacks
Summary: CVE-2024-56738 grub2: Observable Timing Discrepancy resulting side-channel at...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-56738
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2334784 2334780 2334781 2334782 2334783 2334785
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Reported: 2024-12-29 07:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-01-21 00:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-29 07:01:01 UTC 
GNU GRUB (aka GRUB2) through 2.12 does not use a constant-time algorithm for grub_crypto_memcmp and thus allows side-channel attacks.
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