Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2451
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-15 03:52 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 17:37 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
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