Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 1, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-4128
CVE-2009-4128
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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