CVE-2006-1844

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Debian

First reported 19 years ago

2006-04-19 16:06:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 21:02:00

Affected Software

Debian base-config 2.53.10

2.53.10

Debian shadow 4.0.14

4.0.14

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939

Patch

19170

Vendor Advisory

23922

Patch

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