CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4128
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-12-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) 2 1.97 only compares the submitted portion of a password with the actual password, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to conduct brute force attacks and bypass authentication by submitting a password whose length is 1.
Affected configurations
• gnu grub 2 1.97
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555195 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36968 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54210 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555195 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36968 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54210 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com