Medium: rear

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2024-23301)

Affected Packages:

rear

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update rear to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    rear-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    rear-debuginfo-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    rear-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    rear-debuginfo-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    rear-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    rear-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    rear-debuginfo-2.00-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-23301

Mitre: CVE-2024-23301