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ghsa-wf9g-696p-j466

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:38

Modified

2022-05-13 01:38

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.

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  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:38:38Z",
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CVE-2016-8637 (GCVE-0-2016-8637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-08-01 13:00

Modified

2024-08-06 02:27

Severity ?

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-732

Summary

A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.

References

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URL

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	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8637	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94128	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/352	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	The Dracut Project	dracut	Version: 045

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