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<h1>Security update for grub2</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:02724-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-08-07T09:01:39Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234959">bsc#1234959</a>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56738.html">CVE-2024-56738</a>
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</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-56738</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-56738</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-56738</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N</span>
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</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2024-56738: Fixed side-channel attack due to not constant-time algorithm in grub_crypto_memcmp (bsc#1234959)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-2724=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>grub2-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-debugsource-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-debuginfo-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-i386-pc-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
<li>grub2-arm64-efi-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (s390x)
<ul>
<li>grub2-s390x-emu-2.04-150300.3.14.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56738.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56738.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234959">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234959</a>
</li>
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