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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 3, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-3896

CVE-2008-3896

Description

Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Affected products

10
  • GNU/Grub Legacy10 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.97
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.94-i386-pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.95-i386-pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.96-i386-pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub_legacy:0.97-i386-pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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