Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201512-03
🗓️ 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Eero VolotinenType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | bind: denial of service | 16 Dec 201500:00 | – | archlinux |
| ruby: unsafe tainted string usage | 17 Dec 201500:00 | – | archlinux |
 | Vulnerabilities in the Grub2 operating system loaders, which allow attackers to obtain confidential information or cause service failures | 22 Jan 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec |
 | CVE-2015-8370 affecting package grub2 2.02-26 | 9 Sep 202006:09 | – | cbl_mariner |
 | CentOS 7 : grub2 (CESA-2015:2623) | 17 Dec 201500:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DLA-368-1 : grub2 security update | 14 Dec 201500:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DSA-3421-1 : grub2 - security update | 17 Dec 201500:00 | – | nessus |
| F5 Networks BIG-IP : GRUB2 vulnerability (SOL25901386) | 14 Jan 201600:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 22 : grub2-2.02-0.18.fc22 (2015-90c27b6e91) | 4 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 23 : grub2-2.02-0.25.fc23 (2015-cebe5133e7) | 4 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-03 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121425");
script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-20 10:34:51 +0200 (Sun, 20 Dec 2015)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201512-03");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An integer underflow in GRUBs username/password authentication code has been discovered.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-03");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8370");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201512-03");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"sys-boot/grub", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.02_beta2-r8"), vulnerable: make_list() )) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"sys-boot/grub", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.97"), vulnerable: make_list() )) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"sys-boot/grub", unaffected: make_list(), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.02_beta2-r8"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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