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CVE-2006-1772 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361775	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19589	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17477	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361775	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/19589	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17477	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::alpha::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::amd64::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::arm::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::hppa::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ia-32::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ia-64::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::m68k::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::mips::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::mipsel::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ppc::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::s-390::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::sparc::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

debian debian linux

3.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 13, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]