CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2314

Published: Jul 03, 2012 | Modified: Jan 16, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Anaconda Fedoraproject - (including) - (including)

References