Re: Bug#1144079: Mismerge of CVE-2025-13151
Steve McIntyre <[email protected]>
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Adding the GRUB upstream development list on this too; the information is already public in the Debian BTS so there's no point trying to keep thie embargoed. On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 10:20:10AM +0200, Bastien Roucaries wrote: >Le mardi 11 août 2026, 06:19:06 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Carlos Henrique Lima Melara a écrit : >> Control: found -1 2.14~git20250718.0e36779-1 >> >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 09:50:59PM +0200, Bastien Roucaries wrote: >> > >> > CVE-2025-13151 (libtasn1 - off-by-one in asn1_expand_octet_string, fixed in >> > 4.20.0) >> > >> > The fix changes: >> > char name[2 * ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE + 1] >> > >> > to: >> > char name[2 * ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE + 2] >> > >> > This applies to two functions: asn1_expand_any_defined_by and >> > asn1_expand_octet_string. >> > >> > Grub2 vendor libtasn1 internally and show a partial fix - >> > asn1_expand_any_defined_by has been updated (+ 2 present) but >> > asn1_expand_octet_string still carries the vulnerable version (+ 1): >> > - grub2 (grub-core/lib/libtasn1/lib/decoding.c) >> > asn1_expand_any_defined_by: patched >> > asn1_expand_octet_string: VULNERABLE >> > Note: grub2 carries two separate embedded copies (libtasn1 and >> > libtasn1-grub) >> > >> > Thanks to Gajendra Nath Soren >> >> This embedded copy was added in 9a26abbc368 (grub-2.14-rc1), so it only >> (possibly) affects forky/sid. > >Can we report upstream ? > >rouca >> >> Cheers, >> Charles >> > -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel