| Name | CVE-2006-1844 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 254068, 356939, 358210 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| shadow (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:4.2-3+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:4.4-4.1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:4.4-4.1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:4.5-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:4.8.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:4.16.0-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
The installer is fixed separately, but the postinst of the shadow update
corrects permissions of a faulty install
seems to be a duplicate of CVE-2006-1376