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Unscored RHSA-2021:4404 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: kexec-tools security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos kexec-tools 0:2.0.20-57.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos kexec-tools-debuginfo 0:2.0.20-57.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos kexec-tools-debugsource 0:2.0.20-57.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-20269

    A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892558
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915819
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1918499
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934261
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1965267
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_4404.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20269
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20269
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20269