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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1772 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T17:27:28.606Z

Reserved: 2006-04-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-1772

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-04-13T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1772

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