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CVE-2007-5201 FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing

MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.37%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi duplicity(PyPI) < 0.4.9 0.4.9
duplicity project duplicity < 0.4.9 0.4.9
debian/duplicity(Debian:12) < 0.4.3-2 0.4.3-2
debian/duplicity(Debian:13) < 0.4.3-2 0.4.3-2
debian/duplicity(Debian:14) < 0.4.3-2 0.4.3-2

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