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CVE-2006-1772

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
13/04/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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