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TITLE:
Liferea "feedlist.opml" Backup Insecure File Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27438

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27438/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Liferea 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16365/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Liferea, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to incorrect file permissions being
set for the "feedlist.opml" backup file. This can be exploited to
retrieve feed or proxy authentication usernames and passwords.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.4.6.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=550468

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