Bug 67316 - kernel upgrade leaves /boot/grub/grub.conf world readable
Summary: kernel upgrade leaves /boot/grub/grub.conf world readable
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-06-22 04:59 UTC by akopps
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-06-22 08:18:24 UTC
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Description akopps 2002-06-22 04:59:09 UTC
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Description of problem:
After installing any of the kernel update packages on either RedHat 7.2 or 7.3,
/boot/grub/grub.conf is left with mode 644 which allows anyone to read it. This
might be a security problem for sites that set grub password (which is stored in
either encrypted or clear text form in /boot/grub/grub.conf)

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.18-5.i686.rpm
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Actual Results:  /boot/grub/grub.conf is world readable

Expected Results:  /boot/grub/grub.conf should be readable only by root.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Erik Troan 2002-06-23 23:01:18 UTC
new (rawhide) versions of grubby preserve the permissions that were originally
on the file


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