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Medium ELSA-2020-0335 1 CVE

Moderate: grub2 security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Feb 7, 2020 · Updated Feb 7, 2020

Summary

[2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1]
- honor /etc/sysconfig/kernel DEFAULTKERNEL setting for BLS [Orabug: 30643497]
- set EFIDIR as redhat for additional grub2 tools [Orabug: 29875597]
- Update upstream references [Orabug: 26388226]
- Copy symvers.gz to /boot during kernel install [Orabug: 29773086]
- Insert Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel text into BLS config file [Orabug: 29417955]
- fix symlink removal scriptlet, to be executed only on removal [Orabug: 19231481]
- Fix comparison in patch for 18504756
- Remove symlink to grub environment file during uninstall on EFI platforms [Orabug: 19231481]
- update Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Put 'with' in menuentry instead of 'using' [Orabug: 18504756]
- Use different titles for UEK and RHCK kernels [Orabug: 18504756]

[2.02-78.el8_1.1]
- grub-set-bootflag: Write new env to tmpfile and then rename (hdegoede)
Resolves: CVE-2019-14865

Fixed packages 16

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-common 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-aa64 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-aa64-modules 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-ia32 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-ia32-modules 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-x64 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-x64-cdboot 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-efi-x64-modules 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-pc 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-pc-modules 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-tools 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-tools-efi 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-tools-extra 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1
Oracle Linux · 8 grub2-tools-minimal 1:2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.9

    A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pre…