Debian: DSA-3421-1 Critical: Grub2 Authentication Bypass Risk
debian
December 16, 2015
Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll, from Cybersecurity UPV Research Group, found an integer underflow vulnerability in Grub2, a popular bootloader
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Summary
More information:
https://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2015-8370-Grub2-authentication-bypass.html
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.99-27+deb7u3.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.02~beta2-33.
We recommend that you upgrade your grub2 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: grub2
CVE ID: CVE-2015-8370
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