medium5.5
CVE-2024-23301
Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Relax-And-Recover | Relax-And-Recover | through 2.7 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise | Version 15.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 39 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- 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/