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CVE-2021-20233

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Setparam_prefix() in the menu rendering code performs a length calculation on the assumption that expressing a quoted single quote will require 3 characters, while it actually requires 4 characters which allows an attacker to corrupt memory by one byte for each quote in the input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
gnu:grub2 gnu grub2 2.06
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2
redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 7.0
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.4
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 8.0
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.7
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus redhat enterprise linux server eus 8.1
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat enterprise linux server tus 8.2
redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat enterprise linux server aus 8.2
fedoraproject:fedora fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject:fedora fedoraproject fedora 34
netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility netapp ontap select deploy administration utility -

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