[Secure-testing-team] Bug#807614: grub2: CVE-2015-8370: buffer overflow when checking password entered during bootup

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: grub2
Version: 1.99-27
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for grub2.

CVE-2015-8370[0]:
buffer overflow when checking password entered during bootup

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8370
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1286966

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore