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Fedora 39: FEDORA-2024-097eb22907 Critical: grub2 Local Access Issue

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu 22.04 adjusts systemd to resolve a vulnerability that permitted unauthorized access. Update through APT for improved protection.
Security fix for CVE-2024-1048

Summary

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

customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich

variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and

hardware devices.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2024-1048

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security advisory critical issue fedora security fix local access grub2

Change Log

* Wed Feb 7 2024 Nicolas Frayer - 2.06-118 - fs/xfs: Re-applied the XFS directory extent parsing patch - Resolves: #2259266 * Wed Feb 7 2024 Nicolas Frayer - 2.06-117 - grub-set-bootflag: Fix for CVE-2024-1048 - (CVE-2024-1048) - Resolves: #2256678

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2256827 - CVE-2024-1048 grub2: grub2-set-bootflag can be abused by local (pseudo-)users https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256827

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-097eb22907' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: grub2
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 2.06
Release: 118.fc39
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Summary: Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more

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