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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="201101-07">
  <title>Prewikka: password disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>
    Due to a world-readable file, a local attacker can obtain the SQL database
    password used by Prewikka.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Prewikka</product>
  <announced>January 16, 2011</announced>
  <revised>January 16, 2011: 01</revised>
  <bug>270056</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/prewikka" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.9.14-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.14-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Prewikka is a graphical front-end analysis console for the Prelude
    Hybrid IDS Framework.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The permissions of the prewikka.conf file are set world readable.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could obtain the SQL database password used by
    Prewikka.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Prewikka users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-analyzer/prewikka-0.9.14-r2&quot;</code>
    <p>
    NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
    available since May 18, 2009 . It is likely that your system is already
    no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2058">CVE-2010-2058</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000">
    craig
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:57:02 +0000">
    craig
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:08:51 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>