CVE-2023-4693

medium

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found on grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow a physically present attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS file system image to read arbitrary memory locations. A successful attack allows sensitive data cached in memory or EFI variable values to be leaked, presenting a high Confidentiality risk.

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/37

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00028.html

https://dfir.ru/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4692-cve-2023-4693-vulnerabilities-in-the-grub-boot-manager/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238343

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4693

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-25

Updated: 2024-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium