CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3896

2.1 LOW Published 2008-09-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier 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.

Affected configurations

• gnu grub legacy (<= 0.97) • gnu grub legacy 0.92 • gnu grub legacy 0.93 • gnu grub legacy 0.94 • gnu grub legacy 0.94-i386-pc • gnu grub legacy 0.95 • gnu grub legacy 0.95-i386-pc • gnu grub legacy 0.96 • gnu grub legacy 0.96-i386-pc • gnu grub legacy 0.97-i386-pc

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References