Grub wrong BIOS API usage multiple vulnerabilities.

2008-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brossard
Dear Grub team, This email is an attempt to follow the rules of responsible disclosure by offering you to work on a patch to the vulnerability we discovered, afecting Grub (I tested version 0.97 -lastest CVS- specifically, but grub2 is most likely also vulnerable). While during extensive

Re: [Fwd: Vulnerabilities in Lilo 22.6.1 and previous versions]

2008-07-29 Thread Jonathan Brossard
Dear Pierre Yves, (Cher Pierre Yves, meme ;), Thanks for the information, I'm forwarding your e-mail to the vendor-sec mailing list (in CC) since other linux distros could be interested, Thanks for relying the information, I really didn't know who to ping since the main author's email is

Re: Grub wrong BIOS API usage multiple vulnerabilities. VU#513547

2008-07-29 Thread CERT(R) Coordination Center
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, Thanks for the report. We're tracking this issue as VU#513547. Please include this ID in the subject line of any emails regarding this issue. We'll investigate the issue and follow up as necessary. Thank you, Will Dormann

Re: [vendor-sec] Re: [Fwd: Vulnerabilities in Lilo 22.6.1 and previous versions]

2008-07-29 Thread Vincent Danen
* [2008-07-29 18:15:36 +0530] Jonathan Brossard wrote: Dear Pierre Yves, (Cher Pierre Yves, meme ;), Thanks for the information, I'm forwarding your e-mail to the vendor-sec mailing list (in CC) since other linux distros could be interested, Thanks for relying the information, I really

Re: [vendor-sec] Re: [Fwd: Vulnerabilities in Lilo 22.6.1 and previous versions]

2008-07-29 Thread Mike Hamburg
On Jul 29, 2008, at 5:45 AM, Jonathan Brossard wrote: 1) Plain text password disclosure. Required privileges to perform this operation are OS dependant, from unprivileged users under Windows (any), to root under most Unix. 2) A privileged attacker able to write to the MBR and knowing the

Re: [vendor-sec] Re: [Fwd: Vulnerabilities in Lilo 22.6.1 and previous versions]

2008-07-29 Thread Vincent Danen
* [2008-07-29 10:01:45 -0700] Mike Hamburg wrote: On Jul 29, 2008, at 5:45 AM, Jonathan Brossard wrote: 1) Plain text password disclosure. Required privileges to perform this operation are OS dependant, from unprivileged users under Windows (any), to root under most Unix. 2) A privileged