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CVE-2021-20269 (GCVE-0-2021-20269)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-09 16:29 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:37
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Summary
A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kexec-tools Affected: Fedora kexec-tools versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL kexec-tools versions prior to 2.0.20-47
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