Something weird... some passwords gone

[linuxnutster at videotron.ca]

On 08/26/2013 11:22 AM, Alchemist wrote:
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> 2013/8/26 <linuxnutster at videotron.ca <mailto:linuxnutster at videotron.ca>>
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>     I've suddenly had to retype a bunch of passwords, including banking
>     passwords, in firefox and thunderbird. I had selinux disabled on my
>     PC and notebook and reactivated it. The strange thing is that
>     thunderbird did not lose all of my email passwords, only one. The
>     same on my PC. I am being requested to re-enter passwords for my ISP
>     login and banking, but not supplier websites. None of this happened
>     on my notebook, only on my PC.
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>     Would this weirdness be selinux reactivation related, update
>     related, or something more nefarious? I don't have enough experience
>     with Linux security to understand what may have happened. Any input
>     would be appreciated...
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> Run ls -Z ~/.mozilla/*/* to see if mozilla_home_t is in place.

It is...

> But this may be related to known problem, Firefox 23breaks browser
> profile, double form entries, and sometimes browsing history can not be
> completely deleted. Patched in Firefox 24.
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/967159


The weird thing is that it also did it to one email profile in 
thunderbird. In firefox and the one case in thunderbird, the usernames 
and/or login entries are still there - just the passwords are missing. 
Does this bug also affect thunderbird?

> Try to run Firefox in safe mode (firefox -safe-mode). Or copy your
> existing profile connect, load it as independent (firefox -P
> profile.copy) then search with sqlitemaner for your stuff.
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> -or look if you have profile backup.