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CVE-2008-3896

Published: 3 September 2008

Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
requires root access to the machine, which gives access to do
anything anyway (unless restricting root access via SELinux, which Ubuntu
does not)
mdeslaur
let's ignore this

Priority

Negligible

Status

Package Release Status
grub
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored

feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Ignored

intrepid Ignored

jaunty Ignored

karmic Ignored

upstream Needs triage