Re: Scope of Debian's /home/loser is with permissions 755, default umask 002

[bo0od <bo0od () riseup net>]

I see this is fixed in Whonix/Kicksecure which they are like hardened 
debian, One for anonymity (whonix), and one for clearnet (KickSecure). I 
doubt any distro fixed/hardened that.

Maybe this is interesting: 
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Strong_Linux_User_Account_Isolation

Georgi Guninski:
> On Debian /home/loser is with permissions 755, default umask 0022
>
> (If you don't understand the numbers, this means a lot of
> files are world readable).
>
> On multiuser machines this sucks much.
>
> Question: How much sensitive data can be read on default install?
>
> Partial results:
>
> 1. mutt (text email client) exposes ~/.mutt/muttrc,
> which might contain the imap password in plaintext.
>
> 2. Some time ago on a multiuser debian mirror we found a lot of data,
> including the wordpress password of the admin.
>
> 3. Anything created by EDITOR NEWFILE is readable, unless the directory
> prevents. This include root doing EDITOR /etc/NEWFILE
>
> Debian said won't fix:
> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/07/4
>
> Consider contracting me for gnu/linux security,
> CV:  https://j.ludost.net/resumegg.pdf
>
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