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.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71 | |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2012-10-09T23:00:00
Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01
Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-4453
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-10-09T23:55:05.313
Modified: 2023-02-13T00:26:12.280
Link: CVE-2012-4453
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE