6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.0%
New grub packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched bug where password protection during system startup may be
bypassed by hitting the backspace key 28 times giving a rescue shell.
Thanks to Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-8370
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/grub-2.00-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/grub-2.00-i586-3.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/grub-2.00-x86_64-3.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.1 package:
5de408a0c4faa8c4cb7fbf926d983b17 grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
8c7c4da23a03536fc5306fce459d0695 grub-2.00-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
5a416c513f561c91bb8fc1387f6622d3 a/grub-2.00-i586-3.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
37119f35ad70e576303636cd3e9b4f0e a/grub-2.00-x86_64-3.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 14.1 | i486 | grub | < 2.00 | grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz |
Slackware | 14.1 | x86_64 | grub | < 2.00 | grub-2.00-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | grub | < 2.00 | grub-2.00-i586-3.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | grub | < 2.00 | grub-2.00-x86_64-3.txz |