Upstream information

CVE-2012-2389 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 740964 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:44:57 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:46:15 2022