Security Advisory

CVE-2012-4453

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-10-09 23:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 20:35:09
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

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.