CVE-2009-4128 (GCVE-0-2009-4128)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54
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Summary
GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) 2 1.97 only compares the submitted portion of a password with the actual password, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to conduct brute force attacks and bypass authentication by submitting a password whose length is 1.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2009-11-09 00:00
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