CVE-2023-4001 Vulnerability Details

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CVE Published: 15/01/2024 | CVE Updated: 24/11/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: redhat | Vendor: Red Hat | Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-4001 Description

An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the "/boot/" file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This issue was introduced in a downstream patch in Red Hat\'s version of grub2 and does not affect the upstream package.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-290
CWE Name: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Source: Red Hat

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).