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Debian Security Advisory DSA 335-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
June 28th, 2003                          Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : mantis
Vulnerability  : incorrect permissions
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: yes

mantis, a PHP/MySQL web based bug tracking system, stores the password
used to access its database in a configuration file which is
world-readable.  This could allow a local attacker to read the
password and gain read/write access to the database.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.17.1-3.

For the old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a mantis
package.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
0.17.5-6.

We recommend that you update your mantis package.

Upgrade Instructions
--------------------

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
--------------------------------

  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      577 51599356a83dc1b315fc7e6f21d338ff
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    15264 4a65805f85b2e70ab61f61446ab29336
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   220458 d8bac093eaf31ef5812e714db5c07f82

  Architecture independent components:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   250314 e47ccc4eec1d97677a7fa350565ed98a

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

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Debian: mantis Incorrect permissions vulnerability

June 28, 2003
mantis, a PHP/MySQL web based bug tracking system, stores the passwordused to access its database in a configuration file which isworld-readable.

Summary

mantis, a PHP/MySQL web based bug tracking system, stores the password
used to access its database in a configuration file which is
world-readable. This could allow a local attacker to read the
password and gain read/write access to the database.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.17.1-3.

For the old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a mantis
package.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
0.17.5-6.

We recommend that you update your mantis package.

Upgrade Instructions
--------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
--------------------------------

Source archives:


Size/MD5 checksum: 577 51599356a83dc1b315fc7e6f21d338ff

Size/MD5 checksum: 15264 4a65805f85b2e70ab61f61446ab29336

Size/MD5 checksum: 220458 d8bac093eaf31ef5812e714db5c07f82

Architecture independent components:


Size/MD5 checksum: 250314 e47ccc4eec1d97677a7fa350565ed98a

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Severity
Package : mantis
Vulnerability : incorrect permissions
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: yes

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