A grub2 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1282-1: important: Security update for grub2

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for grub2
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1282-1
Rating: important
References: #1172745 #1174421
Cross-References: CVE-2020-15705
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2020-15705: Fail kernel validation without shim protocol
(bsc#1174421).
- Add fibre channel device's ofpath support to grub-ofpathname and search
hint to speed up root device discovery (bsc#1172745).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1282=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

grub2-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-branding-upstream-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-debuginfo-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-debugsource-2.04-lp152.7.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

grub2-i386-efi-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-i386-efi-debug-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-i386-pc-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-i386-pc-debug-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-i386-xen-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-x86_64-efi-debug-2.04-lp152.7.9.1
grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-lp152.7.9.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15705.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172745
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174421