CVE-2012-2314
First published: Fri May 04 2012(Updated: )
The bootloader configuration module (pyanaconda/bootloader.py) in Anaconda uses 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d, which allows local users to obtain password hashes and conduct brute force password guessing attacks.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/grub2-1.99 | <13. | 13. |
| Fedoraproject Anaconda |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53486
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=819035
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2314
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