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FAI Exposure of Password Hashes
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23330
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Release Date:
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2006-12-13
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Last Update:
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2006-12-21
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Popularity:
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3,864 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) 2.x
FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6614
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Description:
Justin R. Beckley has reported a security issue in fai-client, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to view administrator password hashes.
The security issue is caused due to the application storing the root password hash in a log file with insecure permissions when using the verbose mode during installation.
The security issue is reported in version 2.10 and 3.1.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Change the permissions of affected log files.
Don't use the verbose mode.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Justin R. Beckley
Changelog:
2006-12-21: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=402644
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