CVE-2022-3675
Description
Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config. When this feature is enabled, GRUB requires a password to access the GRUB command-line, modify kernel command-line arguments, or boot non-default OSTree deployments. Recent Fedora CoreOS releases have a misconfiguration which allows booting non-default OSTree deployments without entering a password. This allows someone with access to the GRUB menu to boot into an older version of Fedora CoreOS, reverting any security fixes that have recently been applied to the machine. A password is still required to modify kernel command-line arguments and to access the GRUB command line.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:fedora_coreos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=36.20220820.3.0,<37.20221031.1.0
- Fedora Project/CoreOSv5Range: testing 36.20220906.2.0 and later
Patches
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References
3- docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/grub-password/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1333nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/NHUCNH5Y4UH5DPUCXISYXXVA563TLFEJ/nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
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