A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. 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.
References
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1924696 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWZ36QK4IKU6MWDWNOOWKPH3WXZBHT2R/ | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0001/ | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2021-03-03T16:44:26
Updated: 2022-03-25T07:06:26
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-20225
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-03-03T17:15:11.973
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:29:00.960
Link: CVE-2021-20225
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CWE