Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in grub - CVE-2020-15705

 

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in grub - CVE-2020-15705

Published: July 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32927
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15705
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software fails to validate kernel signature when booted directly without shim. An attacker with physical access can bypass secure boot.


Affected software

grub
Gentoo Linux
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Ubuntu
Opensuse
openEuler
APM Edge
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
fwupd (Red Hat package)
grub2 (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
shim-signed (Red Hat package)
shim (Red Hat package)
fwupd
grub-efi-arm64-signed (Ubuntu package)
grub-efi-amd64-signed (Ubuntu package)
grub-efi-ia32-bin (Ubuntu package)
grub-efi-arm-bin (Ubuntu package)
grub-efi-amd64-bin (Ubuntu package)
grub-efi-arm64-bin (Ubuntu package)
grub2-efi-ia32
grub2-tools-efi
grub2-pc
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot
grub2-efi-x64
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot
grub2-tools
grub2-help
grub2-efi-aa64-modules
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot
grub2-efi-aa64
grub2-debugsource
grub2-debuginfo
grub2-common
grub2
fwupdate (Red Hat package)
shim-unsigned-x64 (Red Hat package)
IBM Security Guardium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-15705

Install updates from vendor's website.

grub - update to 2.05
APM Edge - update to 4.0
fwupd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.1.4-2.el8_1, 1.1.4-7.el8_2
grub2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.02-0.86.el7_2, 2.02-0.86.el7_7, 2.02-0.86.el7_8, 2.02-87.el8_1, 2.02-87.el8_2
shim-signed (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15-7.el7_8, 15-8.el7_2, 15-8.el7_7
shim (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15-7.el7_9, 15-8.el7, 15-14.el8_1, 15-14.el8_2
fwupd - update to 1.1.4-7.0.1
grub-efi-arm64-signed (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.66.26+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 1.66.27+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 1.93.19+2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 1.142.4+2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub-efi-amd64-signed (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.66.26+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 1.66.27+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 1.93.19+2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 1.142.4+2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub-efi-ia32-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub-efi-arm-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub-efi-amd64-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub-efi-arm64-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27, 2.02-2ubuntu8.16, 2.02-2ubuntu8.17, 2.04-1ubuntu26.1, 2.04-1ubuntu26.2
grub2-efi-ia32 - update to 2.02-77
grub2-tools-efi - update to 2.02-77
grub2-pc - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-x64 - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot - update to 2.02-77
grub2-tools - update to 2.02-77
grub2-help - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-aa64-modules - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot - update to 2.02-77
grub2-efi-aa64 - update to 2.02-77
grub2-debugsource - update to 2.02-77
grub2-debuginfo - update to 2.02-77
grub2-common - update to 2.02-77
grub2 - update to 2.02-77
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0
fwupdate (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 12-6.el7_7, 12-6.el7_8
shim-unsigned-x64 (Red Hat package) - update to 15-7.el8

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