Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | GRUB vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2836-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-12-15 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-12-15 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.9 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: GRUB password protection can be bypassed. Software Description: - grub2: GRand Unified Bootloader Details: Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll discovered that GRUB incorrectly handled the backspace key when configured to use authentication. A local attacker could use this issue to bypass GRUB password protection. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2836-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 | |
| Os | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2016-0012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-cebe5133e7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-90c27b6e91.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-20 | Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU jan2016. File : solaris_jan2016_SRU11_3_4_5_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-14 | Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL25901386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-07 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-04 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2399-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-30 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2385-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-30 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2387-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-30 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2386-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-29 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-957.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-22 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20151215_grub2_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-21 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201512-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-18 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2015-351-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3421.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-17 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2015-2623.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-16 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2836-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-16 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2623.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-16 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2623.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2016-01-22 09:27:02 |
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| 2015-12-17 21:29:17 |
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| 2015-12-17 13:26:54 |
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| 2015-12-17 05:28:06 |
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| 2015-12-15 21:24:39 |
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