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: grub-core/gettext: Integer overflow leads to Heap OOB Write. (CVE-2024-45777)
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 AlmaLinuxRelease Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 15
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-common | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64 | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-aa64-modules | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64 | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64-cdboot | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-efi-x64-modules | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-pc | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-pc-modules | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-ppc64le | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-ppc64le-modules | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-efi | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-extra | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | grub2-tools-minimal | 1:2.06-114.el9_7.alma.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.7
Grub2: grub-core/gettext: integer overflow leads to heap oob write.
A flaw was found in grub2. The calculation of the translation buffer when reading a language .mo file in grub_gettext_getstr_from_position() may overflow, leading to a Out-of-bound write. This issue can be leveraged by an attacker to overwrite grub2's sensiti…