Bug 155558

Summary:	anaconda-ks.cfg encrypted root password is world readable
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	ben lemasurier <ben.lemasurier>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	4.0	Keywords:	Security
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Description ben lemasurier 2005-04-21 13:30:08 UTC

Description of problem:
the anaconda-ks.cfg file that is automatically placed in /root upon install is
given read permissions to everyone. This gives unauthorized users access to this
line:
rootpw --iscrypted <encrypted password here>

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How reproducible:
Install EL4 and type ls -l /root
Actual results:
file is readable by everyone

Expected results:
should be chmod 600

Comment 1 Paul Nasrat 2005-04-21 13:34:10 UTC

/root should be 750 so you can't actually get to the dir to read the file if you
are not root.

ls -ld /root

Try as non-root user

cat /root/anaconda-ks.cfg - you should get permission denied.

Comment 2 ben lemasurier 2005-04-21 13:37:33 UTC

Silly me, your right. I guess an extra level of paranoia can't hurt though.

Comment 3 Paul Nasrat 2005-04-21 14:10:29 UTC

It looks as if that was the intent - I've commited this to rawhide.