CVE-2012-4453 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2012-4453 Interim 1 30 2025-11-05T05:34:08Z current 2021-05-30T13:06:10Z 2025-11-05T05:34:08Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2012-4453 dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module 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dracut-fips-044-113.10 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dracut-044.1-9.5 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dracut-fips-044.1-9.5 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dracut-044.2-15.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dracut-fips-044.2-15.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dracut-059+suse.696.g950c4798-160000.1.2 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dracut-extra-059+suse.696.g950c4798-160000.1.2 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dracut-fips-059+suse.696.g950c4798-160000.1.2 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dracut-ima-059+suse.696.g950c4798-160000.1.2 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dracut-tools-059+suse.696.g950c4798-160000.1.2 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dracut-044-87.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dracut-fips-044-87.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dracut-044.2-15.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dracut-fips-044.2-15.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dracut-059+suse.557.g8a62bf73-1.8 as a component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 dracut-fips-059+suse.557.g8a62bf73-1.8 as a component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 dracut-059+suse.607.g2d95edb5-slfo.1.1_1.4 as a component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 dracut-fips-059+suse.607.g2d95edb5-slfo.1.1_1.4 as a component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 dracut-044.1-lp150.13.6 as a component of openSUSE Leap 15.0 dracut-044-17.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed dracut-fips-044-17.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed dracut-tools-044-17.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed dracut as a component of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 dracut as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 dracut-fips as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 dracut.sh in dracut, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Fedora 16 and 17, and possibly other products, creates initramfs images with world-readable permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information. 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