CVE-2024-23301
First published: Fri Jan 12 2024(Updated: )
Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Relax-and-recover Relax-and-recover | <=2.7 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise | =15.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =9.0 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =39 |
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Reference Links
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2258397
- https://github.com/rear/rear/commit/89b61793d80bc2cb2abe47a7d0549466fb087d16
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1147
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1719
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258396
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