| Name | CVE-2012-4453 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 688956 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| dracut (PTS) | buster | 048+80-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 051-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 059-4 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 060+5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dracut | source | (unstable) | 020-1.1 | low | 688956 |
[squeeze] - dracut <no-dsa> (Minor issue)