Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-5201 (CCN-37234)

Assigned:2007-09-17
Published:2007-09-17
Updated:2020-05-19
Summary: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 v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
3.4 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-5201

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Broken Link
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG

Source: OSVDB
Type: Broken Link
42339

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Third Party Advisory
28917

Source: CCN
Type: Duplicity Web site
Duplicity

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 42339
Duplicity FTP Backend ncftp Process Listing Local Password Disclosure

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
27771

Source: CCN
Type: BID-27771
duplicity 'ftpBackend' FTP Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 293081
CVE-2007-5201 Duplicity discloses password in FTP backend

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
duplicity-ftpbackend-information-disclosure(37234)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2008-1521

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2008-1584

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:duplicity_project:duplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 0.4.9)

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:duplicity:duplicity:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    duplicity_project duplicity *
    duplicity duplicity 0.4.3