CVE-2012-2314
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | anaconda | - | |
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53486
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03ef13b625cc06873a924e0610340f8489fd92df
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080188.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53486
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.