CVE-2006-1844

published 2006-04-19

CVE-2006-1844: 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…

Priority P4 6 low 2.1 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I N A N

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	base-config	—	—
debian	shadow	< shadow 1:4.0.14-9 (bookworm)	shadow 1:4.0.14-9 (bookworm)
debian	shadow	—	—
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-9	1:4.0.14-9
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-9	1:4.0.14-9
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-9	1:4.0.14-9
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-9	1:4.0.14-9

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 2.1 LOW

vendor_debian 2.1 LOW

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