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Debian mnogosearch Insecure Password Storage Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19589
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Release Date:
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2006-04-11
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Last Update:
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2006-06-19
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1772 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Andrew Pam has discovered a security issue in Debian mnogosearch, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
The database administrator password is stored in the world-readable file "/var/cache/debconf/config.dat" when automatic database configuration is chosen during the configuration process.
The security issue has been confirmed in versions 3.2.31-1 and 3.2.33-1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.2.37-3.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Andrew Pam
Changelog:
2006-04-16: Added CVE reference.
2006-06-19: Updated "Solution Status", "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361775
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs...arch/mnogosearch_3.2.37-3.1/changelog
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