CVE-2013-4577 — Grub2 vulnerability

CWE-2645 documents5 sources
Severity
2.1LOWNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU Grub2Debian Grub2
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/grub2< grub2 2.00-20 (bookworm)
▶Debiangnu/grub2< 2.00-20+3

Patches

Patch: seclists.org ↗Patch: seclists.org ↗Patch: seclists.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2mm6-f25m-73r7: A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-4577: A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub↗2014-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2013-4577: grub2 - A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg...↗2013
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Red Hat
CVE-2013-4577: A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub↗
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