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CVE-2013-4577

Published: 12 May 2014

A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
grub2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2.00-20)
bionic
Released (2.00-20)
cosmic
Released (2.00-20)
disco
Released (2.00-20)
eoan
Released (2.00-20)
focal
Released (2.00-20)
groovy
Released (2.00-20)
hirsute
Released (2.00-20)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (2.00-20)
upstream
Released (2.00-20)
utopic
Released (2.00-20)
vivid
Released (2.00-20)
wily
Released (2.00-20)
xenial
Released (2.00-20)
yakkety
Released (2.00-20)
zesty
Released (2.00-20)
Patches:
other: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=safer_grub_cfg_perms.diff.gz;att=1;bug=632598