CVE-2009-4128

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.

Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4128

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-4128.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-4128

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4128

Published

2009-12-01T16:30:01Z

Modified

2025-08-09T20:01:27Z

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555195
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36968
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54210

CVE-2009-4128

Affected packages