PT-2024-5018 · Unknown+2 · Rpm-Ostree+2

Chief-Engineer · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2025-05-29 · CVE-2024-2905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: rpm-ostree (affected versions not specified)

Description: A security issue has been found in rpm-ostree, related to the /etc/shadow file having the world-readable bit enabled in default builds. This is due to default permissions being set higher than recommended, which could expose sensitive authentication data to unauthorized access. The issue may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to authentication data.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:3823

AZL-42310

BDU:2024-05542

CVE-2024-2905

GHSA-2M76-CWHG-7WV6

INFSA-2024_3823

RHSA-2024:3401

RHSA-2024:3823

RHSA-2024_3823

Affected Products

Almalinux

Red Hat

Rpm-Ostree

References · 20

• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-3823.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-42310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2905 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2905 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/GXY3JLZC645RGFTFWSXPCYM2VWUGIDY5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05542 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/3IUT5A3XRHZIEUS52562ZRXQ2UIPAUJZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/ULCEMTHAQ3GRGL4G2ZQDX43A67P6UXQH · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:3823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-3823.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:4872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/security/advisories/GHSA-2m76-cwhg-7wv6 · Note