National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4453

Overview

dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=commit;h=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git;a=commit;h=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448

External Source: XF

Name: dracut-initramfs-information-disclosure(79258)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79258

External Source: BID

Name: 55713

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120927 Re: dracut creates world readable initramfs images

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120927 Re: dracut creates non-world readable initramfs images

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120927 dracut creates non-world readable initramfs images

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3