CVE-2007-5201: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
(updated )
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.
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201
- web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html
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