CVE-2012-2314 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=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.securityfocus.com/bid/53486 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819031