SUSE-SU-2015:2065-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:2065-1

    Published: 20 Nov 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0794
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-0794

    Summary: Security update for dracut

    Details: The dracut package was updated to fix the following security and non-security issues: - CVE-2015-0794: Use mktemp instead of hardcoded filenames, possible vulnerability (bsc#935338). - Always install mdraid modules (bsc#935993). - Add notice when dracut failed to install modules (bsc#952491). - Always install dm-snaphost module if lvm dracut module is needed, even if dm-snapshot is not loaded on the host yet (bsc#947518).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20152065-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935338, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935993, https://bugzilla.suse.com/947518, https://bugzilla.suse.com/952491, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0794

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dracut

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/dracut&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -037-51.17.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High