CVE-2007-5201

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5201
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-04 17:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Duplicity Project Duplicity All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
duplicity 'ftpBackend' FTP Password Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: duplicity-0.4.9-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org/42339 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: duplicity-0.4.9-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 duplicity.nongnu.org Broken Link
#442840 - duplicity: exposes FTP password in command line args - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 293081 – CVE-2007-5201 Duplicity discloses password in FTP backend af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for duplicity - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995370 Python (Pip) Security Update for duplicity (GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85)

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