UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8637
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Summary:
Details: A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8637, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8637
Affected packages
Package
Name: dracut
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dracut@044+3-3?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
043-2
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
