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CVSSv2

CVE-2008-3896

Published: 03/09/2008 Updated: 11/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Grub Legacy 0.97 and previous versions stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

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gnu grub legacy 0.96

gnu grub legacy 0.96-i386-pc

gnu grub legacy 0.97-i386-pc

gnu grub legacy 0.92

gnu grub legacy 0.93

gnu grub legacy

gnu grub legacy 0.95

gnu grub legacy 0.95-i386-pc

gnu grub legacy 0.94

gnu grub legacy 0.94-i386-pc

References

CWE-200http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.htmlhttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4206http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4204http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495726/100/0/threadedhttps://nvd.nist.gov
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