Security Advisory

CVE-2009-4128

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2009-12-01 00:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 06:54:09
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.