FKIE_CVE-2021-46705

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-03-16 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:15
Severity
5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in grub-once of grub2 in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to truncate arbitrary files. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 grub2 versions prior to 2.06-150400.7.1. SUSE openSUSE Factory grub2 versions prior to 2.06-18.1.
References
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190474Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190474Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu grub2 *
suse linux_enterprise_server 15
gnu grub2 *
opensuse factory -
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