Summary
The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.
Security Fix(es):
* grub2: Incorrect permission in grub.cfg allow unprivileged user to read the file content (CVE-2021-3981)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 18
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-common | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-aa64 | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-aa64-modules | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-ia32 | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-ia32-modules | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-x64 | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-x64-cdboot | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-efi-x64-modules | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-pc | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-pc-modules | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-ppc64le | 1:2.02-123.el8_6.8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-ppc64le-modules | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-tools | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-tools-efi | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-tools-extra | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | grub2-tools-minimal | 1:2.02-123.el8.alma |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
A flaw in grub2 was found where its configuration file, known as grub.cfg, is being created with the wrong permission s…
References
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report
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3981