Administrator root password readable in cleartext on Breezy
Bug #34606 reported by
karl
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baltix |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Mantas Kriaučiūnas | ||
Nexenta Operating System |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu |
Invalid
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | ||
shadow (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
The root password from the first user registred by Breezy can be found by any user by reading the file /var/log/
a quick
grep -r rootpassword /var
shows that the rootpassword is forgotten in cleartext by the installer on several occations
/var/log/
/var/log/
/var/log/
/var/log/
Karl Øie
Changed in shadow: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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i have done basic install of ubuntu breezy 5.10 and then installed kubuntu-desktop and nvidia drivers, nothing modified