Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3 ↗