CVE-2009-4128 Information

Description

GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) 2 1.97 only compares the submitted portion of a password with the actual password which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to conduct brute force attacks and bypass authentication by submitting a password whose length is 1.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555195 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36968 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54210