VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- duplicity project/duplicity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840Third Party Advisory
- http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOGBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/42339Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28917Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840Third Party Advisory
- http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOGBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/42339Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28917Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.