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Ubuntu 9.10 : grub2 vulnerability (USN-868-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65119

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that GRUB 2 did not properly validate passwords. An attacker with physical access could conduct a brute-force attack and bypass authentication by submitting a 1 character password.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/868-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65119

File Name: ubuntu_USN-868-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-emu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-rescue-pc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-amd64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-ieee1275, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-firmware-qemu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-linuxbios, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-efi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-pc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub-coreboot

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4128

CWE: 287

USN: 868-1