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CVE-2019-14865

Published: Nov 29, 2019

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.9

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	grub2	affected `n/a`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3

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