Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-28085)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-28085). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-28085 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-28085" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-28085 (Kernel) — CWE-150 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-150) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Kernelを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2024-28085 util-linux Fixed in: 2.40-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28085 util-linux Fixed in: 2.36.1-8+deb11u2
References
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory security.netapp.com
- exploit github.com
- exploit people.rit.edu
- exploit openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- web github.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web mirrors.edge.kernel.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web seclists.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com
- web mirrors.edge.kernel.org