CVE-2007-5201
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200
Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
04/10/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:duplicity_project:duplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.4.9 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840
- http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- http://osvdb.org/42339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28917
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840
- http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- http://osvdb.org/42339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28917
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html



