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Amazon Linux 2023 : grub2-common, grub2-efi-aa64, grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot (ALAS2023-2024-555)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191608

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-555 advisory.

 - An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the /boot/ file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This issue was introduced in a downstream patch in Red Hat's version of grub2 and does not affect the upstream package.
 (CVE-2023-4001)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update grub2 --releasever 2023.3.20240304' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-555.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4001.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191608

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-555.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2024

Updated: 3/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4001

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-ec2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-ec2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-efi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4001