CVE-2012-2389 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-06-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2377	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660

History

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Subscriptions

W1.fi Hostapd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-06-21T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:34:25.374Z

Reserved: 2012-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2389

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-21T15:55:12.567

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2389

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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