| 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) | 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 | 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)