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: bypass the GRUB password protection feature (CVE-2023-4001)
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.
Fixed packages 15
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-common | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64 | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64-modules | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64 | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64-cdboot | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64-modules | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-pc | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-pc-modules | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-ppc64le | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-ppc64le-modules | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-efi | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-extra | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-minimal | 1:2.06-70.el9_3.2.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.8
Grub2: bypass the grub password protection feature
An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external driv…