UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4453

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4453

    Published: 9 Oct 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4453

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4453, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4453

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dracut

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dracut@027-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -027-1

    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