RedHat: RHSA-2022-8494:01 Moderate: grub2 security update
Summary
The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader
(GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular
architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file
systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.
Security Fix(es):
* grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to
out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-2601)
* grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode
sequences (CVE-2022-3775)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3775 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source:
grub2-2.02-87.el8_1.11.src.rpm
aarch64:
grub2-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
grub2-common-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
grub2-ppc64le-modules-2.02-87.el8_1.11.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
grub2-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-ppc64le-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
grub2-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-debugsource-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-pc-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo-2.02-87.el8_1.11.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2112975 - CVE-2022-2601 grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass
2138880 - CVE-2022-3775 grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode sequences