CVE-2020-14309

fwupd: The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable...

CVE-2020-14309 is fixed in 54 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2020:3216, released July 29, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.7
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0048
41st percentile

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices. The shim package contains a first-stage UEFI boot loader that handles chaining to a trusted full boot loader under secure boot environments. The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware. Security Fix(es): * grub2: Crafted grub.cfg file can lead to arbitrary code execution during boot process (CVE-2020-10713) * grub2: grub_malloc does not validate allocation size allowing for arithmetic overflow and subsequent heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2020-14308) * grub2: Integer overflow in grub_squash_read_symlink may lead to heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2020-14309) * grub2: Integer overflow read_section_as_string may lead to heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2020-14310) * grub2: Integer overflow in grub_ext2_read_link leads to heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2020-14311) * grub2: Fail kernel validation without shim protocol (CVE-2020-15705) * grub2: Use-after-free redefining a function whilst the same function is already executing (CVE-2020-15706) * grub2: Integer overflow in initrd size handling (CVE-2020-15707) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
fwupd · RHEL 8 0:1.1.4-7.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-common 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-common 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-coreboot · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-coreboot 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-coreboot · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-coreboot 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-coreboot-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-coreboot-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-coreboot-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-coreboot-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64-signed · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64-signed · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-amd64-signed-template · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-amd64-signed-template 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-arm 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-arm 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-arm-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-arm-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-arm64 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-arm64 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-arm64-bin 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 grub-efi-arm64-bin 2.04-1ubuntu47.4 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64-signed · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-arm64-signed 1.93.18+2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64-signed · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-arm64-signed 1.142.3+2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-arm64-signed-template · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-arm64-signed-template 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-ia32 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-ia32 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-ia32 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-ia32 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-ia32-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-efi-ia32-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-efi-ia32-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-efi-ia32-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-emu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-emu 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-emu · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-emu 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-firmware-qemu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-firmware-qemu 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-firmware-qemu · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-firmware-qemu 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-ieee1275 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-ieee1275 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-ieee1275 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-ieee1275 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-ieee1275-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-ieee1275-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-ieee1275-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-ieee1275-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-linuxbios · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-linuxbios 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-linuxbios · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-linuxbios 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-pc · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-pc 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-pc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-pc-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-pc-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-pc-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-pc-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-rescue-pc · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-rescue-pc 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-rescue-pc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-rescue-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-theme-starfield · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-theme-starfield 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-theme-starfield · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-theme-starfield 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-uboot · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-uboot 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-uboot · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-uboot 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-uboot-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-uboot-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-uboot-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-uboot-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-xen 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-xen 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-xen-bin 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-xen-bin 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen-host · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub-xen-host 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub-xen-host · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub-xen-host 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub2 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub2 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-common · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 grub2-common 2.02-2ubuntu8.16 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 grub2-common 2.04-1ubuntu26.1 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-common · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64 · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64 · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64-modules · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-aa64-modules · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32 · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32 · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32-modules · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-ia32-modules · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64 · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64 · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64-modules · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-efi-x64-modules · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-pc · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-pc · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-pc-modules · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-pc-modules · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-ppc64le · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-ppc64le-modules · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-efi · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-efi · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-extra · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-extra · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-minimal · RHEL 8 1:2.02-87.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
grub2-tools-minimal · ol 8 1:2.02-82.0.2.el8_2.1 ELSA-2020-5786 Jul 29, 2020
shim-aa64 · RHEL 8 0:15-14.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
shim-ia32 · RHEL 8 0:15-14.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
shim-unsigned-x64 · RHEL 8 0:15-7.el8 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020
shim-x64 · RHEL 8 0:15-14.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3216 Jul 29, 2020

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