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Package "grub2"

Name: grub2

Description:

This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
  • GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
  • GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version)
  • GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 binaries)

Latest version: 1.99-21ubuntu3.19
Release: precise (12.04)
Level: security
Repository: main

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Other versions of "grub2" in Precise

Repository Area Version
base main 1.99-21ubuntu3
base universe 1.99-21ubuntu3
security universe 1.99-21ubuntu3.19
updates main 1.99-21ubuntu3.20
updates universe 1.99-21ubuntu3.20

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Changelog

Version: 1.99-21ubuntu3.19 2015-12-15 20:06:41 UTC

  grub2 (1.99-21ubuntu3.19) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: password bypass via backspace key buffer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2015-8370.patch: check length before accepting a
      backspace character in grub-core/lib/crypto.c,
      grub-core/normal/auth.c.
    - CVE-2015-8370

 -- Marc Deslauriers Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:14:45 -0500

CVE-2015-8370 buffer overflow when checking password entered during bootup



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