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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_3823.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: rpm-ostree security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:3823-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3823
Issue date:         2024-06-12
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-2905
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Summary: 

An update for rpm-ostree is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE
link(s) in the References section.




Description:

The rpm-ostree tool binds together the RPM packaging model with the OSTree model of bootable file system trees. It provides commands that can be used both on client systems and on server-side composes. The rpm-ostree-client package provides commands for client systems to perform upgrades and rollbacks.

Security Fix(es):

* rpm-ostree: world-readable /etc/shadow file [9.4.z] (JIRA:RHEL-31852)


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2024-2905

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271585