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CVE-2024-1048

Publication date 6 February 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
grub2 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
grub2-signed 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
grub2-unsigned 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

Notes

eslerm

the grub2 package does not affect Ubuntu's Secure Boot grub2-unsigned contains Secure Boot security fixes grub2 and grub2-unsigned should have same major version Ubuntu Secure Boot and ESM do not cover i386 trusty's GA kernel cannot handle new versions of grub Note that key revocation is required to protect against evil housekeeper attacks (such as BlackLotus)

mdeslaur

This issue is in a RedHat-specific addition and does not affect Debian or Ubuntu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L