GHSA-WXCW-RQXC-HJ85

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:31 – Updated: 2023-09-22 21:42
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Summary
FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "duplicity"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.4.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-5201"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-22T21:42:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-10-04T17:17:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85",
  "modified": "2023-09-22T21:42:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:31:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing"
}



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