PT-2012-3945 · Anaconda · Anaconda

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2012-07-03 · Updated 2024-01-16 · CVE-2012-2314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Anaconda (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the bootloader configuration module in Anaconda, specifically the pyanaconda/bootloader.py file, which sets 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d. This setting allows local users to access password hashes and potentially conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2314

Affected Products

Anaconda

References · 9

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10 · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2314 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53486 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67487 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3 · Note
• http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df · Note