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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2020.2079.1
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2020:2079-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'grub2' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2020:2079-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'grub2' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2020:2079-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

- Fix for CVE-2020-10713 (bsc#1168994)
- Fix for CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309, CVE-2020-14310, CVE-2020-14311
(bsc#1173812)
- Fix for CVE-2020-15706 (bsc#1174463)
- Fix for CVE-2020-15707 (bsc#1174570)

- Use overflow checking primitives where the arithmetic expression for buffer
allocations may include unvalidated data
- Use grub_calloc for overflow check and return NULL when it would occur
- Use gcc-9 compiler for overflow check builtins
- Backport gcc-9 build fixes
- Fix packed-not-aligned error on GCC 8 (bsc#1084632)

Affected Software/OS:
'grub2' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP3.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10713
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#174059
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174059
Cisco Security Advisory: 20200804 GRUB2 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-grub2-code-exec-xLePCAPY
Debian Security Information: DSA-4735 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
https://cve.openeuler.org/#/CVEInfo/CVE-2020-10713
https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80181
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825243
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1168 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1169 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14308
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852009
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14309
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852022
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14310
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14310
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14311
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14311
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-15706
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200011
https://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
Debian Security Information: https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot
RedHat Security Advisories: https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
SuSE Security Announcement: https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/ (Google Search)
https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/
SuSE Security Announcement: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673 (Google Search)
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673
http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-15707
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