CVE-2012-2314: Fedoraproject Anaconda

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The bootloader configuration module (pyanaconda/bootloader.py) in Anaconda uses 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d, which allows local users to obtain password hashes and conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Anaconda: affected versions not specified

Published 2012-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.