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Description
An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the "/boot/" file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This issue was introduced in a downstream patch in Red Hat's version of grub2 and does not affect the upstream package.
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Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
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Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3OBADMKHQLJOBA32Q7XPNSYMVHVAFDCB/
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Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHLZQ47HM64NDOHMHYO7VIJFYD5ZPPYN/
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Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0006/
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.5/14/2024 10:07:23 AM
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/16/2024 8:15:09 AM
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Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0006/ [No types assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/04/2024 11:15:07 PM
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Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHLZQ47HM64NDOHMHYO7VIJFYD5ZPPYN/ [No types assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/04/2024 9:15:47 PM
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Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3OBADMKHQLJOBA32Q7XPNSYMVHVAFDCB/ [No types assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.1/25/2024 6:15:08 PM
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CVSS V3.1
Red Hat, Inc. AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS V3.1
Red Hat, Inc. AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.1/25/2024 3:15:37 PM
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Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0437 [No types assigned]
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Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0456 [No types assigned]
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Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0468 [No types assigned]
Initial Analysis by NIST1/23/2024 2:29:20 PM
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE
NIST CWE-290
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Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 Mailing List
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4001 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4001 Third Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224951 No Types Assigned
An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the "/boot/" file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This
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Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4001 [No types assigned]
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Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224951 [No types assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2023-4001 NVD
Published Date: 01/15/2024 NVD
Last Modified: 09/16/2024
Source: Red Hat, Inc.