[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#572032: world readable file ~/.josm/preferences contains password in plaintext

[David Paleino]

tags 572032 confirmed
thanks

Hello,

On Monday 01 March 2010 07:44:50, Jonas Stein wrote:
> Package: josm
> Version: 0.0.svn2255-1
> Justification: Policy 10.9
> Severity: serious
> 
> ls -al ~/.josm/preferences
> returns -rw-r--r--
> 
> The problem with the plaintext password is nothing new.
> But it is dangerous and could be avoided.
> Josm should at least chmod 700 this file.

I'm confirming this bug, will solve it ASAP.

Kindly,
David

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