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duplicity: password disclosure

Package(s):duplicity CVE #(s):CVE-2007-5201
Created:February 13, 2008 Updated:February 13, 2008
Description:

From the CVE:

The FTP backend for Duplicity 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.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2008-1584 2008-02-13
Fedora FEDORA-2008-1521 2008-02-13

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duplicity: password disclosure

Posted Feb 14, 2008 20:21 UTC (Thu) by kreutzm (subscriber, #4700) [Link]

Debian Sarge and Etch are not vulnerable.

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