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openSUSE Security Update : grub2 (openSUSE-2015-957)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87630

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for grub2 fixes the following issue :

Changes in grub2 :

 - CVE-2015-8370: Fix for overflow in grub_password_get and grub_user_get functions (bnc#956631)

Solution

Update the affected grub2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956631

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87630

File Name: openSUSE-2015-957.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/29/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-snapper-plugin, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-x86_64-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-x86_64-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-i386-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-i386-pc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-i386-efi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-x86_64-efi-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:grub2-i386-pc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8370