/etc/network/interfaces is world readable; problem for shared keys.
Bug #37790 reported by
Trey Ethridge
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #14392: [network-admin] WEP key stored in world-readable /etc/network/interfaces.
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| ifupdown (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I just installed the new dapper flight 6 disk. The WEP key is stored in /etc/network/
This file can be read by anyone using the system. I feel that this is a security problem because, a computer may be authorized to connect to a wireless network, but everyone that is allowed to use that computer should not have access to the WEP key for the wireless network.
Either make the file readable by root only or move the WEP/WPA keys to a file that is readable by only root.
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