CVE-2012-2389

NameCVE-2012-2389
Descriptionhostapd 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wpa (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:2.10-12+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:2.10-22fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hostapdsource(unstable)(not affected)
wpasource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- hostapd <not-affected> (Debian package provides no default config file)
- wpa <not-affected> (Debian package provides no default config file)

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