CVE-2006-1772 | BDVDB-2026-16235 Detail

Description#

debconf in Debian GNU/Linux, when configuring mnogosearch in the mnogosearch-common 3.2.31-1 package, uses the world-readable config.dat file instead of the restricted passwords.dat for storing the cleartext database administrator password in the mnogosearch-common/database_admin_pass record, which allows local users to view the password.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://secunia.com/advisories/19589
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361775
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17477

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-04-13Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.