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Debian dla-3605 : grub-common - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 182650

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3605 advisory.

 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3605-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta October 06, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -----------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : grub2 Version : 2.06-3~deb10u4 CVE ID : CVE-2023-4692 CVE-2023-4693

 A couple of security issues were reported in grub2 package, which is GRand Unified Bootloader v2, that could cause out-of-bounds write and heap-based buffer overflow.

 For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.06-3~deb10u4.

 We recommend that you upgrade your grub2 packages.

 For the detailed security status of grub2 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/grub2

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the grub-common packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/grub2

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4692

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4693

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/grub2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182650

File Name: debian_DLA-3605.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-coreboot, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-amd64-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-xen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-uboot-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-amd64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm64-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-xen-bin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-xen-host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm64-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-coreboot-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-ia32-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-xen-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-emu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-coreboot-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-ieee1275-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-emu-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-theme-starfield, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-pc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-uboot-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-rescue-pc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-pc-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-ia32-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-uboot, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-ia32-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm64-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-linuxbios, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-amd64-signed-template, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-efi-arm64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-firmware-qemu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-ieee1275-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-pc-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub-ieee1275

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4692, CVE-2023-4693