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Permalink CVE-2024-2905
6.2 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
created 6 months, 1 week ago
Rpm-ostree: world-readable /etc/shadow file

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.

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Affected products

rpm-ostree
  • ==1.2024.4
  • *

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pkgs.rpm-ostree

Hybrid image/package system. It uses OSTree as an image format, and uses RPM as a component model

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