SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1

    Published: 10 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8637
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-8637

    Summary: Security update for dracut

    Details: This update for dracut fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-8637: When the early microcode loading was enabled during initrd creation, the initrd would be read-only available for all users, allowing local users to retrieve secrets stored in the initial ramdisk. (bsc#1008340) Non-security issues fixed: - Skip iBFT discovery for qla4xxx flashnode session. (bsc#935320) - Set MTU and LLADDR for DHCP if specified. (bsc#959803) - Allow booting from degraded MD arrays with systemd. (bsc#1017695) - Start multipath services before local-fs-pre.target. (bsc#1005410, bsc#1006118, bsc#1007925, bsc#986734, bsc#986838) - Fixed /sbin/installkernel to handle kernel packages built with 'make bin-rpmpkg'. (bsc#1008648) - Fixed typo in installkernel script. (bsc#1032576) - Fixed subnet calculation in mkinitrd. (bsc#1035743)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172696-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005410, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006118, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007925, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008340, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008648, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1017695, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032576, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035743, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935320, https://bugzilla.suse.com/959803, https://bugzilla.suse.com/986734, https://bugzilla.suse.com/986838, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8637

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dracut

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -037-51.31.1

    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
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