vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-23301: Security patch for rear (ALAS-2024-2451)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 12, 2024
Added
Feb 21, 2024
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

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.

Solutions

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