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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.6355.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6355-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'grub2-signed, grub2-unsigned, shim, shim-signed' package(s) announced via the USN-6355-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'grub2-signed, grub2-unsigned, shim, shim-signed' package(s) announced via the USN-6355-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted images could cause a
heap-based out-of-bonds write. A local attacker could possibly use
this to circumvent secure boot protections. (CVE-2021-3695)

Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted images could cause
out-of-bonds read and write. A local attacker could possibly use this
to circumvent secure boot protections. (CVE-2021-3696)

Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted images could cause
buffer underwrite which allows arbitrary data to be written to a heap.
A local attacker could possibly use this to circumvent secure
boot protections. (CVE-2021-3697)

It was discovered that GRUB2 configuration files were created with
the wrong permissions. An attacker could possibly use this to leak
encrypted passwords. (CVE-2021-3981)

Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted IP packets could cause
an integer underflow and write past the end of a buffer. An attacker
could possibly use this to circumvent secure boot protections.
(CVE-2022-28733)

Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted HTTP headers can cause
an out-of-bounds write of a NULL byte. An attacker could possibly use
this to corrupt GRUB2's internal data. (CVE-2022-28734)

Julian Andres Klode discovered that GRUB2 shim_lock allowed non-
kernel files to be loaded. A local attack could possibly use this to
circumvent secure boot protections. (CVE-2022-28735)

Chris Coulson discovered that executing chainloaders more than once
caused a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attack could possibly
use this to circumvent secure boot protections. (CVE-2022-28736)

Chris Coulson discovered that specially crafted executables could
cause shim to make out-of-bound writes. A local attack could possibly
use this to circumvent secure boot protections. (CVE-2022-28737)

Zhang Boyang discovered that specially crafted unicode sequences
could lead to an out-of-bounds write to a heap. A local attacker could
possibly use this to circumvent secure boot protections.
(CVE-2022-3775)

Affected Software/OS:
'grub2-signed, grub2-unsigned, shim, shim-signed' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3695
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991685
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3696
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991686
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3697
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991687
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3981
FEDORA-2021-73d63662b0
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AI776L35DDYPCSAAJPJM3ZEQYSFZHBJX/
GLSA-202209-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024170
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28733
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28733
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/07/5
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28734
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28734
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28735
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28735
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28736
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28736
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28737
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28737
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-3775
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-14
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-3775
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