World-readable permissions in dracut.sh vulnerability

CVE-2012-4453 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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