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CVE-2024-23301

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.

Published

2024-01-12T23:15:10.030

Last Modified

2025-06-04T16:15:30.847

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-276

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	relax-and-recover	relax-and-recover	≤ 2.7	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise	15.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	39	Yes

References

https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/ ([email protected])
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)