CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-2905
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2024-04-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
A security vulnerability has been discovered within rpm-ostree, pertaining to the /etc/shadow file in default builds having the world-readable bit enabled. This issue arises from the default permissions being set at a higher level than recommended, potentially exposing sensitive authentication data to unauthorized access.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:4872 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3401 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3823 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2905 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271585 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/security/advisories/GHSA-2m76-cwhg-7wv6 github.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3401 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3823 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2905 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271585 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/security/advisories/GHSA-2m76-cwhg-7wv6 github.com
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GXY3JLZC645RGFTFWSXPCYM2VWUGIDY5/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ULCEMTHAQ3GRGL4G2ZQDX43A67P6UXQH/ lists.fedoraproject.org