GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-WXCW-RQXC-HJ85FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Affected configurations
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/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
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%