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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2015-c3b4fef3af moderate: grub2 bootloader fix

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2015
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Fedora 23's recent update improves the GRUB2 bootloader, fixing crucial security issues with EFI images and enhancing UEFI boot reliability and performance
Rebuild without multiboot* modules in the EFI image.

Summary

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable

bootloader with modular architecture. It support rich varietyof kernel formats,

file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices. This subpackage

provides support for PC BIOS systems.

Update Information:

Rebuild without multiboot* modules in the EFI image.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fix CVE reference bootloader EFI

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1264103 - CVE-2015-5281 grub2: modules built in on EFI builds that allow loading arbitrary code, circumventing secure boot https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264103

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update grub2' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: grub2
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 2.02
Release: 0.24.fc23
URL:
Summary: Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fix CVE reference bootloader EFI

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