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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-08-01T13:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.222Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8637

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-01T13:29:00.263

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:26:16.407

Link: CVE-2016-8637

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8637 - Bugzilla