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Debian Mantis Insecure File Permissions
Secunia Advisory:	SA9137	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-06-30
Popularity:	6,758 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Exposure of sensitive information
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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Description: An access control vulnerability has been reported in Debian Linux, which can be exploited by local, malicious users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to insecure permissions set on a configuration file used by Mantis. This can be exploited to gain knowledge of the password used to access the Mantis database. Solution: Updated packages: -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mantis/mantis_0.17.1-3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 577 51599356a83dc1b315fc7e6f21d338ff http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mantis/mantis_0.17.1-3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 15264 4a65805f85b2e70ab61f61446ab29336 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mantis/mantis_0.17.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 220458 d8bac093eaf31ef5812e714db5c07f82 Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mantis/mantis_0.17.1-3_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 250314 e47ccc4eec1d97677a7fa350565ed98a -- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid -- Fixed in version 0.17.5-6. Original Advisory: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-335

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