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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3 ↗