Description
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.
Affected products
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n/aaffected
References
- 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 ↗