| Name | CVE-2012-2389 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wpa (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3-1+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:2.4-1+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:2.4-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u5 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:2.10-12+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:2.10-22 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hostapd | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| wpa | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- hostapd <not-affected> (Debian package provides no default config file)
- wpa <not-affected> (Debian package provides no default config file)