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>> Debian Security Update Fixes Backup-manager Pass Disclosure Issue
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Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Backup-manager Pass Disclosure Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0882
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4656
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-17
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A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in the backup-manager that sends the password as a command line argument when calling FTP clients, which could allow malicious users to read this password from the process listing and gain unauthorized access to backup files.
Affected Products
Debian GNU/Linux sarge
Debian GNU/Linux etch
Debian GNU/Linux sid
Solution
Debian GNU/Linux sarge - Upgrade to backup-manager version 0.5.7-1sarge2
Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to backup-manager version 0.7.5-4
Debian GNU/Linux sid - Upgrade to backup-manager version 0.7.6-3
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0882
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00083.html
ChangeLog
2008-03-17 : Initial release
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