SUSE-SU-2015:2399-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:2399-1

    Published: 30 Dec 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8370
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-8370

    Summary: Security update for grub2

    Details: This update for grub2 provides the following fixes and enhancements: Security issue fixed: - Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370) Non security issues fixed: - Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539) - Add --image switch to force zipl update to specific kernel. (bsc#928131) - Do not use shim lock protocol for reading PE header as it won't be available when secure boot is disabled. (bsc#943380) - Make firmware flaw condition be more precisely detected and add debug message for the case.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20152399-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/928131, https://bugzilla.suse.com/943380, https://bugzilla.suse.com/946148, https://bugzilla.suse.com/952539, https://bugzilla.suse.com/956631, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8370

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: grub2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.02~beta2-56.9.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High