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CVE-2006-1772

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-04-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References