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Bug#788634: debian-installer: Accepting a preseed URL from DHCP allows attacker to hijack installation



On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 04:32:04PM +0100, Aliz Hammond wrote:
>
> Due to this, an attacker on the local network can spoof a DHCP responce
> pointing to their own preseed file, which can do all sorts of mischief
> (such as adding users or executing commands).

So the actual problem is that the local network is compromised.


> I'm not sure of the best way to mitigate this, without annoying people
> who use this feature. Perhaps a kernel commandline arg to specifically
> enable preseed via DHCP is a good idea?

A good idea is getting the local network
to a state where it can be trusted to use DHCP at all.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
Who considered
control: tag -1 wontfix
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