CVE-2016-8637

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2018-08-01

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200, CWE-732

Affected products

• Dracut (Dracut Project)
• Dracut (The Dracut Project)

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/352
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94128
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8637
• https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4