CVE-2024-23301
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 12, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 10, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 12, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240203 [SECURITY] [DLA 3733-1] rear security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2024-a2f6e5ddb8vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-49ddbf447dvendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00011.html
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