Bug 1158759 – Wrong permission for configuration file /etc/sysconfig/virt-who on rhel7.1

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Bug 1158759 - Wrong permission for configuration file /etc/sysconfig/virt-who on rhel7.1

Summary:	Wrong permission for configuration file /etc/sysconfig/virt-who on rhel7.1

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	virt-who (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.1
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	unspecified Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Radek Novacek
QA Contact:	Li Bin Liu
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Blocks:	CVE-2014-0189
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Reported:	2014-10-30 03:28 EDT by Liushihui
Modified:	2016-11-30 19:33 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	virt-who-0.11-3.el7
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Configuration file /etc/sysconfig/virt-who was world-readable. Consequence: Any user on the system might read passwords from the configuration file. Fix: Remove read permission for others from the file. Result: File is now only readable by root user. This affects only new deployments. For current deployments, it is advised to set the rights to 600 for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who file.
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Last Closed:	2015-03-05 05:23:26 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0430	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: virt-who security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-03-05 09:52:46 EST

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Description Liushihui 2014-10-30 03:28:53 EDT

Description of problem:
Configuration file /etc/sysconfig/virt-who may contain passwords but its permissions are 644 (rw-r--r--). It should be 600 (rw-------) to prevent non-root users to read the configuration file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-who-0.11-2.el7.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Check the permission of virt-who config file.
[root@hp-z220-03 20141030094255]# ll /etc/sysconfig/virt-who 
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1976 Oct 30 11:18 /etc/sysconfig/virt-who

Actual results:
its permissions are 644 (rw-r--r--)

Expected results:
It should be 600 (rw-------) to prevent non-root users to read the configuration file.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Radek Novacek 2014-11-05 06:55:58 EST

Fixed in virt-who-0.11-3.el7.

Comment 4 Liushihui 2014-11-12 03:42:27 EST

Verified it on virt-who-0.11-3.el7.noarch.

Steps to verify:
1.Check the permission of virt-who config file. it's 600 (rw-------)
 [root@hp-z220-06 sysconfig]# ls -alt virt-who
-rw-------. 1 root root 1977 Nov 12 14:57 virt-who

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 05:23:26 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html

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