cve/2019/CVE-2019-14865.md

### [CVE-2019-14865](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14865)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20n%2Fa%20&color=brighgreen)
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### Description

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure (for example by setting RLIMIT), causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/taviso/scanlimits