Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package prewikka  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PREWIKKA-667279
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Jun 2010

Introduced: 7 Jun 2010

CVE-2010-2058  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream prewikka package and not the prewikka package as distributed by Ubuntu.

setup.py in Prewikka 0.9.14 installs prewikka.conf with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain the SQL database password.