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Subject:
Security ERRATA Moderate: dracut on SL6.x (noarch)
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:04:25 +0000
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Synopsis:          Moderate: dracut security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2013:1674-2
Issue Date:        2013-11-21
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2012-4453
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It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images as world readable.
A local user could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information
from these files, such as iSCSI authentication passwords, encrypted root
file system crypttab passwords, or other information. (CVE-2012-4453)
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SL6
  noarch
    dracut-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-fips-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-kernel-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-network-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-caps-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-fips-aesni-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-generic-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm
    dracut-tools-004-336.el6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

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