** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #661635 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661635
** Also affects: gconf via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661635 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777565 Title: gconfd saved_state file has executable tag set Status in The GConf Registry System: Unknown Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gconf gconfd seems to be setting the executable bit on a file which presumably has no need to be executable paulm@noobuntu:~/.gconfd$ ls -l total 1624 -rwx------ 1 paulm paulm 1654806 2011-05-05 13:54 saved_state This could (perhaps in combination with other factors) be a security issue and also cause warnings from security tools that look for files with potentially dangerous or unexpected attributes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: libgconf2-4 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu May 5 13:53:52 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANGUAGE=en_AU:en LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gconf UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-15 (19 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gconf/+bug/777565/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp