oss-security - Re: CVE request for pithos information disclosure

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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:19:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request for pithos information disclosure



----- Original Message -----
> Ian Daniher discovered that 'pithos' stores the username and password
> for external services in plain text in a configuration file. This
> configuration file is world-readable by defualt, resulting in a loss
> of
> user privacy.
> 
> Reference: http://pad.lv/733307
> 
> Can I get a CVE identifier for this flaw?
> 

The real URL is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/+bug/733307

Please use CVE-2011-1500.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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