Debian Bug report logs - #361775
[CVE-2006-1772] stores database password in world-readable config.dat

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Security bug report
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:10:51 +1000

Package: mnogosearch-common
Version: 3.2.31-1
Severity: critical
Tags: security

The Debian configuration tool (debconf) asks for the database
administrator password when configuring mnogosearch, and then
stores the password in clear text in the world-readable file
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat under the key
mnogosearch-common/database_admin_pass instead of using the
restricted access file /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat

Regards,
	Andrew
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                         Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                       Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/                   Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                      Manager, Serious Cybernetics

Message #10 received at 361775@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
To: 361775@bugs.debian.org
Subject: CVE number
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:38:12 +0200

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Hi!

This has been assigned CVE-2006-1772. Please mention this number in
the changelog when you fix this to ease tracking.

Thanks,

Martin
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Message #19 received at 361775@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Louis <ptitlouis@sysif.net>
To: 361775@bugs.debian.org
Subject: NMU patch
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:54:14 +0200

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Hi,

Here is attached changes i've made in my NMU.
I've just changed the type of debconf questions for passwords and set an empty
password in the database after building the conffile.

Cheers
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Message #22 received at 361775-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Adam D. Barratt" <debian-bts@adam-barratt.org.uk>
To: 361775-submitter@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Debian bug #361775
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:15:40 +0100

Hi,

You should have recently received (or will soon receive) an e-mail
telling you that I've closed Debian bug #361775 in the mnogosearch-common 
package, which you reported.

Due to the fact that the package was uploaded by someone who does not
normally do so, the bug was marked as "fixed" rather than closed.

Debian's bug tracking system now allows for this information to be
recorded in a more useful manner, enabling these bugs to be closed.

Due to the volume of bugs affected by this change, we are unfortunately
not sending individualized explanations for each bug. If you have
questions about the fix for your particular bug or about this email,
please contact me directly or follow up to the bug report in the Debian
BTS.

[It's possible you may receive multiple messages stating that the bug
was fixed in several different versions of the package. There are two
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  - the bug was fixed in one version but subsequently found to exist
    in a later version

  - the bug existed in multiple distributions (for instance, "unstable"
    and "stable") and was thus fixed in a separate upload to each
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Regards,

Adam

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