Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- DRACUT_PROJECT
- Published
- 10/9/2012
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
dracut_project : dracutfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_workstation
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