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CVE-2012-4453

CVE-2012-4453

EPSS 0.4%
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
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/dracut/dracut.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e1b48995c26c4f06d1a71http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1674.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79258http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/27/6http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55713