UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23301

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23301

    Published: 12 Jan 2024Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-23301
    Aliases:
    USN-8988-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23301, https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122, https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123, https://github.com/rear/rear/commit/89b61793d80bc2cb2abe47a7d0549466fb087d16, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23301, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8988-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rear

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rear?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.2+dfsg-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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