[backup-manager] [CVE-2007-4656] information disclosure

Bug #203454 reported by disabled.user
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
backup-manager (Debian)
Fix Released
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backup-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: backup-manager

References:
DSA-1518-1 (http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1518)

Quoting:
"Micha Lenk discovered that backup-manager, a command-line backup tool,
sends the password as a command line argument when calling a FTP client,
which may allow a local attacker to read this password (which provides
access to all backed-up files) from the process listing."

CVE References

Changed in backup-manager:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in backup-manager:
status: New → Fix Released
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