Oracle Solaris 11 Grub2 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris 11. This affects an unknown part of the component Grub2. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-8370. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Grub2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/20/2016 by Hector Marco as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8370 since 11/27/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87422 (CentOS 7 : grub2 (CESA-2015:2623)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124566 (Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 4.5.0 Missing).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87422), SecurityFocus (BID 79358†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55927†). Similar entries are available at VDB-79828, VDB-80389, VDB-80556 and VDB-80403. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 87422
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : grub2 (CESA-2015:2623)
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OpenVAS ID: 703421
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3421-1 (grub2 - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016
Researcher: Hector Marco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80555

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SecurityFocus: 79358 - GNU GRUB2 CVE-2015-8370 Multiple Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034422
Vulnerability Center: 55927 - [cpujan2016-2367955-Sun-Systems-Products-Suite] Oracle Solaris 11 Local Code Execution in Grub2, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2016 16:56
Updated: 10/22/2024 04:28
Changes: 01/21/2016 16:56 (68), 07/02/2018 09:09 (11), 07/05/2022 12:58 (4), 10/22/2024 04:28 (26)
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