Ubuntu
apport package

Leaks login username in CurrentDmesg.txt

Bug #1417225 reported by Fred on 2015-02-02

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apport (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Apport uploads the file CurrentDmesg.txt which may contain;
[ 49.635156] systemd-logind[1465]: New session c2 of user alice.

The username ought to be replaced by Apport.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-02-02:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote on 2015-03-27:

It also leaks hostname:
[ 6.226159] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <example>.

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote on 2020-03-05:

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-05-05:

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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