Upstream information

CVE-2019-14865 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.9 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction Required None
Scope Changed Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1157767 [RESOLVED / INVALID], 1219669 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • grub2-common >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-ia32 >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-ia32-modules >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-x64 >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-x64-cdboot >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-efi-x64-modules >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-pc >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-pc-modules >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-tools >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-tools-efi >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-tools-extra >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
  • grub2-tools-minimal >= 2.02-78.el8_1.1
Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:0335


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 grub2 Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE grub2 Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 grub2 Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 grub2 Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 grub2 Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.2 grub2 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 grub2 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 grub2 Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 grub2 Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 grub2 Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 grub2 Not affected
Container Status
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2 grub2Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Nov 26 04:44:53 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 15 15:03:39 2024