CVE-2024-45770 (GCVE-0-2024-45770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-19 08:45 – Updated: 2025-11-20 19:06
VLAI?
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6837 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6840 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6842 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6843 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6844 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6846 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6847 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6848 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9452 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45770 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310451 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.0.2-9.el8_2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:6.2.0-5.el9_4 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:6.2.2-7.el9_5 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:5.3.5-10.el9_0 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:6.0.1-8.el9_2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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