SB2023112509 - Gentoo update for GRUB

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SB2023112509 - Gentoo update for GRUB

Published: November 25, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023112509
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Physical access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2601)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the grub_font_construct_glyph() function when handling pf2 font. An attacker with physical access to the affected system can trigger an out-of-bounds write and bypass secure boot restrictions.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3775)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when rendering certain unicode sequences in grub2 font code. An attacker with physical access to device can trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4692)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass secure boot protection.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in NTFS driver implementation in grub-core/fs/ntfs.c when parsing the $ATTRIBUTE_LIST attribute for the $MFT file. A local user can pass a specially crafted image to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and bypass secure boot protection.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4693)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the NTFS driver in grub-core/fs/ntfs.c when reading data from the resident $DATA attribute. A attacker with physical access to the system use a specially crafted NTFS file system image to read arbitrary memory locations, such as data cached in memory or EFI variables values.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References