CVE-2023-4001 Grub2: bypass the grub password protection feature
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.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitable with physical access to the machine, without an account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published |