URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46699>
Summary: GRUB password login vulnerability
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: fractal618
Submitted on: Wed 16 Dec 2015 06:36:49 PM GMT
Category: Security
Severity: Major
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: Action Request
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Originator Name: Chris
Originator Email: [email protected]
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release:
Release: 2.00
Reproducibility: None
Planned Release: None
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Details:
Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader's password
protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux
system.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3016097/vulnerability-in-popular-bootloader-puts-locked-down-linux-computers-at-risk.html
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