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SUSE: 2021:0685-1 Important Grub2 Security Update - Critical Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security patch for grub2 that tackles several critical vulnerabilities. It is advisable to perform the update immediately to maintain system safety and integrity.
An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues: grub2 now implements the new "SBAT" method for SHIM based secure boot revocation. (bsc#1182057) Following security issues are fixed that can violate secure boot constraints: - CVE-2020-25632: Fixed a use-after-free in rmmod command (bsc#1176711) - CVE-2020-25647: Fixed an out-of-bound write in grub_usb_device_initialize() (bsc#1177883) - CVE-2020-27749: Fixed a stack buffer overflow in grub_parser_split_cmdline (bsc#1179264) - CVE-2020-27779, CVE-2020-14372: Disallow cutmem and acpi commands in secure boot mode (bsc#1179265 bsc#1175970) - CVE-2021-20225: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write in short form option parser (bsc#1182262) - CVE-2021-20233: Fixed a heap out-of-bound write due to mis-calculation of space required for quoting (bsc#1182263)

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security advisory patch important system update suse secure boot grub2

References

#1175970 #1176711 #1177883 #1179264 #1179265

#1182057 #1182262 #1182263

Cross- CVE-2020-14372 CVE-2020-25632 CVE-2020-25647

CVE-2020-27749 CVE-2020-27779 CVE-2021-20225

CVE-2021-20233

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-14372 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-25632 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-25647 (SUSE): 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-27749 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-27779 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-20225 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-20233 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0685-1
Rating: important

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