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>> Bacula Director "make_catalog_backup" MySQL Password Disclosure
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Title : Bacula Director "make_catalog_backup" MySQL Password Disclosure
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3572
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5626
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-22
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A vulnerability has been identified in Bacula, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain sensitive information. This issue is caused by a design error in the "make_catalog_backup" script that passes the MySQL database password as an argument to the command line, which could be exploited by local attackers to disclose the password and gain unauthorized access to the database.
Affected Products
Bacula versions 1.x
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3572
http://bugs.debian.org/446809
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Matthijs Kooijman.
ChangeLog
2007-10-22 : Initial release
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