CVE-2024-2905 Rpm-ostree: world-readable /etc/shadow file

2024-04-2517:44:15

CWE-732

redhat

www.cve.org

cve-2024-2905

rpm-ostree

world-readable

/etc/shadow

unauthorized access

6.2 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "rpm-ostree",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0:2024.3-3.el9_4",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "rpm-ostree",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0:2023.3-2.el9_2",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "rpm-ostree",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "rpm-ostree",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
    ]
  }
]