| Name | CVE-2005-2214 |
| Description | apt-setup in Debian GNU/Linux installs the apt.conf file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords. |
| 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 | 305142 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apt-setup (PTS) | bullseye | 1:0.166 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:0.182 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1:0.187 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1:0.189 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apt-setup | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 305142 |
Notes
That's by design. We want to provide non-root users access to the source code,
thus it needs to be world-readable. Also, the password can't be too sensitive
as it'll be sent non-encrypted over the wire.