CVE-2016-8637

Name	CVE-2016-8637
Description	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.
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	843697

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dracut (PTS)	bullseye	051-1	fixed
	bookworm	059-4	fixed
	sid, trixie	105-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
dracut	source	wheezy	(not affected)
dracut	source	(unstable)	044+189-1	low		843697

Notes

[jessie] - dracut <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - dracut <not-affected> (Introduced in 030 upstream)
Fixed by: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/dracut/dracut.git/commit/?id=0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4
Introduced by: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/dracut/dracut.git/commit/?id=5f2c30d9bcd614d546d5c55c6897e33f88b9ab90 (030)