CVE-2009-4128
EPSS 0.04%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-4128
To remediate CVE-2009-4128, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/grub2—upgrade to 1.97+20091115-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-4128 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.97+20091115-1