CVE-2006-1772 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in debconf, specifically when configuring the mnogosearch-common package (version 3.2.31-1) on Debian GNU/Linux. The vulnerability causes the cleartext database administrator password to be stored in the world-readable config.dat file instead of the restricted passwords.dat. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is rated as high severity, allowing local users to view the password with low attack complexity and leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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