CVE-2012-2389 (GCVE-0-2012-2389)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2012-01-12 00:00
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