Vulnerability CVE-2012-2389
Published: 2012-06-21

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
W1.fi -> Hostapd 
Hostapd -> Hostapd 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824660
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740964
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/13
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081983.html
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