CVE-2019-14865

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: November 29, 2019 at 09:50 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGRUB2· also runs on 4 platforms

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server-aus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server-tus (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0335
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14865
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/101

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-267NVD-CWE-noinfo

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