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openSUSE Security Update : dracut (openSUSE-2017-482)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99450

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for dracut fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2016-8637: When the early microcode loading was enabled during initrd creation, the initrd would be read-only available for all users, allowing local users to retrieve secrets stored in the initial ramdisk.
 (bsc#1008340)

Non security issues fixed :

 - Remove zlib module as requirement. (bsc#1020063)

 - Unlimit TaskMax for xfs_repair in emergency shell.
 (bsc#1019938)

 - Resolve symbolic links for -i and -k parameters.
 (bsc#902375)

 - Enhance purge-kernels script to handle kgraft patches.
 (bsc#1017141)

 - Allow booting from degraded MD arrays with systemd.
 (bsc#1017695)

 - Allow booting on s390x with fips=1 on the kernel command line. (bnc#1021687)

 - Start multipath services before local-fs-pre.target.
 (bsc#1005410, bsc#1006118, bsc#1007925)

 - Fix /sbin/installkernel to handle kernel packages built with 'make bin-rpmpkg'. (bsc#1008648)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected dracut packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99450

File Name: openSUSE-2017-482.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2017

Updated: 12/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8637

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8637