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CVE-2020-27779

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CVE-2020-27779

Published: Mar 3, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub's memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

grub2

affected
grub 2.06

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FEDORA-2021-cab258a413
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202104-05
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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