dracut prior 045 initramfs Image Generator information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in dracut and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component initramfs Image Generator. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8637. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in dracut. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component initramfs Image Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2018. The weakness was released 08/01/2018 by Security Team as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8637 since 10/12/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103771 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169935 (OpenSUSE Security Update for dracut (openSUSE-SU-2017:1033-1)).

Upgrading to version 045 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (103771) and SecurityFocus (BID 94128†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 103771
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES12 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for dracut FEDORA-2016-cc5006bef7
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: dracut 045
Patch: github.com

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10/12/2016 🔍
11/07/2016 +26 days 🔍
10/10/2017 +336 days 🔍
10/11/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +169 days 🔍
08/01/2018 +124 days 🔍
08/01/2018 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/28/2023 +1729 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4
Researcher: Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8637 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8637
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122461
SecurityFocus: 94128 - Dracut CVE-2016-8637 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2018 07:24
Updated: 04/28/2023 01:52
Changes: 08/02/2018 07:24 (73), 03/12/2020 10:26 (4), 04/28/2023 01:44 (5), 04/28/2023 01:52 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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