CVE-2020-27779 Information

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub’s memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900698 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWZ36QK4IKU6MWDWNOOWKPH3WXZBHT2R/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0001/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5