CVE-2012-4453

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-09-27
Bugzilla:
859448: CVE-2012-4453 dracut: Creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions (information disclosure)
It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images as world readable. A local user could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as iSCSI authentication passwords, encrypted root file system crypttab passwords, or other information.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (dracut) RHSA-2013:1674 2013-11-20

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Peter Jones of the Red Hat Installer Team.

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