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CVE-2020-27779
published 2021-03-03

CVE-2020-27779: A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address…

PriorityP338high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRHUINSCCHIHAH
EPSS
0.39%
31.3th percentile
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub's memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected

27 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiangrub2< grub2 2.04-16 (bookworm)grub2 2.04-16 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
gnugrub2< 2.062.06
gnugrub2
gnugrub2>= 0 < 2.04-162.04-16
gnugrub2>= 0 < 2.04-162.04-16
gnugrub2>= 0 < 2.04-162.04-16
gnugrub2>= 0 < 2.04-162.04-16
msrccbl2_grub2_2.06rc1-7_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccm1_grub2_2.06rc1-4_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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