CVE-2024-1048 Grub2: grub2-set-bootflag can be abused by local (pseudo-)users

2024-02-0617:30:35

CWE-459

redhat

github.com

cve-2024-1048

grub2

local users

pseudo-users

filesystem

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.3%

JSON

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "grub2",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1:2.02-156.el8",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "grub2",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1:2.06-77.el9",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "grub",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "grub2",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  }
]