CVE-2006-1772 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1772?

CVE-2006-1772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Apr 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1772?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-1772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3jpx-q28p-5w5v.