CVE-2016-8637

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.073

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2017:0641-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) dracut-037-91.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2017:0641-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) dracut-debuginfo-037-91.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2017:0641-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) dracut-debugsource-037-91.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2017:0641-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 ) dracut-fips-037-91.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234