CVE-2007-5201

The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840	Third Party Advisory
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/42339	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28917	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html	Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840	Third Party Advisory
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/42339	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28917	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:duplicity_project:duplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2007-10-04 17:17

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2007-5201

Mitre link : CVE-2007-5201

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-5201

JSON object : View

Products Affected

duplicity_project

duplicity

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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