==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-868-1          December 09, 2009
grub2 vulnerability
CVE-2009-4128
==========================================================
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 9.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10:
  grub2                           1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

Users who have upgraded from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2 and are still using Grub
Legacy to chainload into GRUB 2, you will have to run the following command
(possibly adjusting 'hd0') to update GRUB 2's on disk core image:

$ sudo grub-install --no-floppy --grub-setup=/bin/true "(hd0)"

If you previously ran 'upgrade-from-grub-legacy', a standard system upgrade
is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that GRUB 2 did not properly validate passwords. An
attacker with physical access could conduct a brute force attack and bypass
authentication by submitting a 1 character password.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 9.10:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:   250341 94284059eefdd8b1a204142abedb645c
          Size/MD5:     1945 66af22931f8a965f49a26bc84c5fb9e2
          Size/MD5:  1244094 78edf78a2cf4ee39d539ba0b82a6afed

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

          Size/MD5:  1008342 a3cd4c29207668d03b3f0e6f94805642
          Size/MD5:   444642 676c9efd4f0dc53510fe200993512fc3
          Size/MD5:   227576 1c99905094ad542ccb52aaf7da06a287
          Size/MD5:   297472 329b8b5e30b12106a9c811e082721436
          Size/MD5:   250536 e739653b2e0028893df0b8a1aaf82c69
          Size/MD5:     1476 f3e99ae5c03700476811c248cb4a14c9
          Size/MD5:   345940 13b038768ebe93df1520db2111ccd751
          Size/MD5:   400562 3e6bad6edb5ca1813aa2fa3d639e810a
          Size/MD5:   214358 f42279a0623bd57be2bcd7ff7cd55bf5
          Size/MD5:     1470 2c1a2294f6e47b25c7ba6aae15540b18
          Size/MD5:   752180 c4e35cf34426692f56054a2b684caee6
          Size/MD5:     2606 7bf8e3b76a2fb80395200fdb34ce92c3

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

          Size/MD5:   994122 9ca29e8e186c28bcb6e2ca110ce5c678
          Size/MD5:   433532 c2cd60a80ad48983a196b071abd54fb7
          Size/MD5:   227602 5cfd70769ecc58b804d6b8161a617863
          Size/MD5:   296628 d7c63b6bf1bd1d0ba2c3a0a97adc3cf5
          Size/MD5:   249016 51f9c46b8e7ad9d69041018b408dfa52
          Size/MD5:     1478 e58af38d18d4fc457279041b95a7f47b
          Size/MD5:   327234 23389dcc94cae8666a9468b817c6d55d
          Size/MD5:   400558 c483aa4407641f759bf6d6e919f4cf4d
          Size/MD5:   214362 04fea0a758a1f151fc11b5b7263d55fc
          Size/MD5:     1470 2c0ac267a93d49078a396c0461d85eef
          Size/MD5:   752154 3b45262773f36cfa0418d3dbd106a371
          Size/MD5:     2610 d6a3595f00a9f78fd007637f6fca9504

  lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):

          Size/MD5:   994762 593e7cbb941e44b3ce873ec4e0e5e10e
          Size/MD5:   428152 f1d4e8bef9edbfe16e79232de6d5c28b
          Size/MD5:   249668 c07a97cc2e04ebf1f551652dd5fe89f7
          Size/MD5:     1476 28da02262428fe931fe85d5ff650cd97
          Size/MD5:   328712 ddb8770c9770c923f4c9b93d91221f41
          Size/MD5:   400586 70d2ac9b2f4d3f8b46635df8a4798de1
          Size/MD5:   214528 5247f468e60f5ac431514fa9c070b2ac
          Size/MD5:   199482 a710f7be88ee6a8b0a1b3ff134ab43be
          Size/MD5:   741660 8d4127f5f6651a592f6b91ac9152c60c
          Size/MD5:     2602 11d90bd876010d9334275515a6908915

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

          Size/MD5:  1002148 66abb79f534f3d55e45c51859c618a06
          Size/MD5:   332094 bacedc782f461faed75006715ee955e6
          Size/MD5:   334620 e37a7b515ea456152f714caf796de3c0
          Size/MD5:     2620 331f84d64fbef94c1b6a97425009db0c