Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in hostapd - CVE-2012-2389
Published: June 21, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43967
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2389
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jouni Malinen
Affected software:
hostapd
hostapd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2389
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660