CVE-2024-2905 Information

Description

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.

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2905 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271585 https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/security/advisories/GHSA-2m76-cwhg-7wv6