Something weird... some passwords gone

[Alchemist]

2013/8/26 <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@**videotron.ca<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.
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> It is...
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>  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<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/967159>
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> 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?
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Dunno, I haven't tested yet. You can try
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=Password+Manager
Maybe solution will appear^
also https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:Password_Manager_Debugging
In the worst case- make a current profile backup, downgrade to FF22 to see
if stuff is still there.

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