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GHSA-84VH-967Q-QR87

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:14 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:14

Details

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.

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CVE-2012-4453 (GCVE-0-2012-4453)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1037 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2012-09-27 00:00

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