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SUSE: 2020:2077-1 Important: grub2 Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a Security Update addressing several vulnerabilities in grub2, accompanied by high-priority ratings and thorough guidance for implementation of the patches.
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-10713 (bsc#1168994) - CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309, CVE-2020-14310, CVE-2020-14311 (bsc#1173812) - CVE-2020-15706 (bsc#1174463) - CVE-2020-15707 (bsc#1174570) - Use overflow checking primitives where the arithmetic expression for buffer allocations may include unvalidated data - Use grub_calloc for overflow check and return NULL when it would occur Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP1-2020-2077=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow exploit important SUSE grub2

References

#1168994 #1173812 #1174463 #1174570

Cross- CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309

CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15706

CVE-2020-15707

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10713.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14308.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14309.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14310.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14311.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15706.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15707.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1168994

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173812

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2077-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow exploit important SUSE grub2

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