DSA-5519-1 grub2 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5519-1 grub2 -- security update

Date Reported:

06 Oct 2023

Affected Packages:

grub2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-4692, CVE-2023-4693.

More information:

Maxim Suhanov discovered multiple vulnerabilities in GURB2's code to handle NTFS filesystems, which may result in a Secure Boot bypass.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.06-3~deb11u6.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.06-13+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your grub2 packages.

For the detailed security status of grub2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/grub2