CVE - CVE-2019-14865

CVE-ID
CVE-2019-14865	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2020:0335 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865 MISC:https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101 URL:https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101 MLIST:[oss-security] 20240206 CVE-2024-1048: grub2-set-bootflag may be abused to fill up /boot, bypass RLIMIT_NPROC URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20190810	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20190810)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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