Code Injection in tuned (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-52336

 

Code Injection in tuned (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-52336

Published: November 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101026
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52336
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the instance_create() D-Bus function. A local user can execute arbitrary script with root privileges.


Affected software

tuned (Red Hat package)
tuned-doc
tuned-utils-systemtap
tuned-utils
tuned-profiles-spectrumscale
tuned-profiles-realtime
tuned-profiles-postgresql
tuned-profiles-oracle
tuned-profiles-mssql
tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning
tuned-profiles-compat
tuned-profiles-atomic
tuned-gtk
tuned
tuned-profiles-devel
tuned-help
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL for ARM 64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler
Anolis OS
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2024-52336

Install updates from vendor's website.

tuned (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.24.1, 2.24.0-2.el9_5, 2.24.0-2.1.20240819gitc082797f.el8fdp, 2.24.0-2.1.20240819gitc082797f.el9fdp
tuned-doc - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-utils-systemtap - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-utils - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-spectrumscale - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-realtime - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-postgresql - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-oracle - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-mssql - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-compat - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-atomic - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-gtk - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned - update to 2.20.0-2
tuned-profiles-devel - update to 2.24.1-1
tuned-help - update to 2.24.1-1
tuned - update to 2.24.1-1
tuned - addressed in versions 2.24.1-1.fc39, 2.24.1-1.fc40, 2.24.1-1.fc41
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.12.73, 4.14.48

External References

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