Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3981
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
A flaw in grub2 was found where its configuration file, known as grub.cfg, is being created with the wrong permission set allowing non privileged users to read its content. This represents a low severity confidentiality issue, as those users can eventually read any encrypted passwords present in grub.cfg. This flaw affects grub2 2.06 and previous versions. This issue has been fixed in grub upstream but no version with the fix is currently released.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 8 | |
| OS | 1 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024170
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024170
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AI776L35DDYPCSAAJPJM3ZEQYSFZHBJX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AI776L35DDYPCSAAJPJM3ZEQYSFZHBJX/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-12