CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-14865

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2019-11-29 10:15

Updated : 2023-02-12 11:36

NVD link : CVE-2019-14865

Mitre link : CVE-2019-14865

Products Affected

Enterprise Linux

Enterprise Linux Eus

Gnu

Grub2

Redhat

CWE
CWE-267

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions