Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple integer underflows in Grub2 1.98 through 2.02 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (disk corruption) via backspace characters in the (1) grub_username_get function in grub-core/normal/auth.c or the (2) grub_password_get function in lib/crypto.c, which trigger an "Off-by-two" or "Out of bounds overwrite" memory error.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134831/Grub2-Authentication-Bypass.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00043.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00003.html
• http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2015-8370-Grub2-authentication-bypass.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79358
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00037.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034422
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00041.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00040.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537115/100/0/threaded
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00039.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/69
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-03
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173703.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2836-1
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174049.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2623.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00044.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3421
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3