SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20152385-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1
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Published
2015-12-29T08:04:56Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:41:39Z
Summary
Security update for grub2
Details

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

A security issues with a bufferoverflow when reading username and password was fixed (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)

Also following bugs were fixed:

  • Fix buffer overflows when reading username and password. (bsc#956631, CVE-2015-8370)
  • Expand list of grub.cfg search path in PV Xen guests for systems installed on btrfs snapshots. (bsc#946148, bsc#952539)
  • Add grub.xen config searching path on boot partition. (bsc#884828)
  • Add linux16 and initrd16 to grub.xen. (bsc#884830)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
grub2

Package

Name
grub2
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.00-0.54.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "grub2-x86_64-efi": "2.00-0.54.2",
            "grub2-x86_64-xen": "2.00-0.54.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
grub2

Package

Name
grub2
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.00-0.54.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "grub2-x86_64-efi": "2.00-0.54.2",
            "grub2-x86_64-xen": "2.00-0.54.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
grub2

Package

Name
grub2
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/grub2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.00-0.54.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "grub2-x86_64-efi": "2.00-0.54.2",
            "grub2-x86_64-xen": "2.00-0.54.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:2385-1.json"