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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0219: rear (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0219)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 236163
Synopsis
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0219 advisory.Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2024-23301:
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected rear and / or rear-doc packages.See Also
http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20240219.xml
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 236163
File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0219.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 5/14/2025
Updated: 5/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23301
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rear-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rear, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-23301