CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-1844

2.1 LOW Published 2006-04-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-04-19
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• debian base-config 2.53.10 • debian shadow 4.0.14

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23922 Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356939 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19170 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23922 Patch