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Debian 11: Rear Critical Access Control Issue DLA-4400-1 CVE-2024-23301

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 10, 2025
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS has released an update for rear that mitigates a critical access control issue allowing local attackers to gain secrets.
It has been discovered that Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y
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Summary

For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rear packages.

For the detailed security status of rear please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/rear

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: rear
Version: 2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1
CVE ID: CVE-2024-23301
Debian Bug: 1060747

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