PT-2014-2837 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Grub+1

Francesco Poli + 1 · Published 2014-05-12 · Updated 2024-01-16 · CVE-2013-4577

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a Debian patch for GNU GRUB that uses world-readable permissions for the grub.cfg file. This allows local users to obtain password hashes by reading the password pbkdf2 directive in the file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4577

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Grub

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4577 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4577 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4577 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598 · Note