Package: dbconfig-common
Version: 1.8.37
Severity: serious
Tags: security

When dbconfig-common detects that a database upgrade is needed, it dumps
a backup in /var/cache/dbconfig-common/backups. Unfortunately this backup
is world-readable, which bypasses all application-specific access
control mechanisms.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44032 2008-03-27 20:47 
/var/cache/dbconfig-common/backups/request-tracker3.6_3.6.6-1.mysql

The Etch version of the package has the same bug, but as we discussed
in private, it's currently unclear if any Etch packages are actually
using the upgrade functionality.

Note that PostgreSQL databases are unaffected by this because of #473013
(which also applies to the Etch version).

Cheers,
-- 
Niko Tyni   [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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