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CVE-2020-15705

Published: Jul 29, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.4

MEDIUM

Description

GRUB2 fails to validate kernel signature when booted directly without shim, allowing secure boot to be bypassed. This only affects systems where the kernel signing certificate has been imported directly into the secure boot database and the GRUB image is booted directly without the use of shim. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.

VendorProductVersions

Ubuntu

grub2 in Ubuntu

affected
20.04 LTS - < 2.04-1ubuntu26.1
affected
18.04 LTS - < 2.02-2ubuntu8.16
affected
16.04 LTS - < 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26
affected
14.04 ESM - < 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.20

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4432-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2020:1280
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:1282
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-202104-05
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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