[Bug 1801383] Re: the WifiSyslog apport hook (used in firefox/tb) includes SSID informations

[Olivier Tilloy]

Marc, the version currently in eoan-proposed has the fix. I'm working on
addressing autopkgtest issues in related packages that prevent
thunderbird from migrating to the release pocket.

Once sorted out in eoan, I'll proceed to preparing updates for all
stable releases, including this fix.

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Title:
  the WifiSyslog apport hook (used in firefox/tb) includes SSID
  informations

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  When I apport-bug certain packages such as firefox for example, it
  uploads the WifiSyslog.txt file.

  The WifiSyslog may contain a list of all system connections enumerated
  in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections, i.e. all SSIDs the user has
  ever connected to that are found in the system-connections. This is a
  serious privacy risk and completely unnecessary information for most
  bug reports.

  Should either remove WifiSyslog as a requirement for packages that
  don't need it (should I report this to
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/ ?), or redact
  information that may contain usernames and SSIDs from the log file.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportLog:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports: 640:1000:117:62475:2018-11-01 19:17:29.982295751 -0400:2018-11-01 19:17:30.982295751 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-screenshot.1000.crash
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Nov  2 11:24:20 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-12 (50 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-28 (34 days ago)

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