SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 28.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 28.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-49504. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 28.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

grub2 allowed attackers with access to the grub shell to access files on the encrypted disks.

The weakness was presented by Fabian Vogt. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-49504 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216517 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : grub2 (SUSE-SU-2025:0586-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 28.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216517). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 216517
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : grub2 (SUSE-SU-2025:0586-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openSUSE Tumbleweed 28.1

Timelineinfo

10/15/2024 🔍
11/13/2024 +29 days 🔍
11/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/20/2025 +99 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: bugzilla.suse.com
Researcher: Fabian Vogt
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-49504 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49504
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284383

Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2024 17:58
Updated: 02/20/2025 13:43
Changes: 11/13/2024 17:58 (67), 02/20/2025 13:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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