CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-23301

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-01-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-01-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-276

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.

Affected configurations

• 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

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness

References