[Bug 1738581] [NEW] apport leaks environment variables (including passwords!) to bug reports

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See the bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1738564
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Apport includes the file JournalErrors.txt
This file includes e.g. the following line.
Dez 16 19:11:31 hostname /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[9679]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MPD_HOST=xxxxxxx at xxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.org


Normally it would be not problem that gdm-x-session write this to the journal, because the journal is not intended to be published on the internet. 

Setting confidential informations via environment is maybe not the best
idea, but a legal procedure and for `mpc` the only way to set this
information.

IMHO the apport utility is here the problem, because it includes the
file with risky information to a public visible bug report.


Note: I manually delete the attachment in the mentioned bug report. But how can I sure that a web crawlser hasn't read/preserved that attachment?

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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apport leaks environment variables  (including passwords!) to bug reports
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738581
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