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Liferea "feedlist.opml" Backup Insecure File Permissions
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27438
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Release Date:
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2007-10-30
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Last Update:
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2007-11-01
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Popularity:
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3,525 views
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Critical:
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Less 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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| Software: | Liferea 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5751
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Liferea, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.
The security issue is caused due to incorrect file permissions being set for the "feedlist.opml" backup file. This can be exploited to retrieve feed or proxy authentication usernames and passwords.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.4.6.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-11-01: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=550468
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