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hostapd: insecure default permissions

Package(s):

hostapd

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-2389

Created:

June 8, 2012

Updated:

June 19, 2012

Description:

From the Fedora advisory:

Tighten-up default permissions for hostapd.conf (CVE-2012-2389)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #826109 - CVE-2012-2389 hostapd: insecure default permissions on /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826109

Alerts:

Fedora	FEDORA-2012-8611	2012-06-07
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-9137	2012-06-19
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-9206	2012-06-19
Mageia	MGASA-2012-0291	2012-10-11
Mandriva	MDVSA-2012:168	2012-10-22

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