Abiword collaboration stores passwords in plain text

[gpk]

Binary package hint: abiword

$HOME/.AbiSuite/AbiCollab.profile contains your passwords in plain text.

Now, admittedly, .AbiSuite has mode 0700 permissions, so it isn't _too_ bad,
but it's right there in an XML <password> tag. Not even a little security
through obscurity.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: abiword 2.8.2-2ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 4 17:51:32 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: abiword

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Since the package referred to in this bug is in universe or multiverse, it is community maintained. If you are able, I suggest posting a debdiff for this issue. When a debdiff is available, members of the security team will review it and publish the package. See the following link for more information: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

bump, is this still a bug and does some security team need to be notified?