SB20240417131 - Fedora 38 update for grub2
Published: April 17, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) 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.
2) 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.