FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing

MITTEL 4.6CVE-2007-5201 · GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85 · PYSEC-2026-633 · Published 04/10/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

Kurz gesagt

CVE-2007-5201 ist eine Schwachstelle (MITTEL (CVSS 4.6)) in duplicity, duplicity (duplicity project).
Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 0.37%, höher als bei 31.6% aller Schwachstellen.
Abhilfe: auf 0.4.9 oder neuer aktualisieren.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
duplicity PyPI	`< 0.4.9`	`0.4.9`
duplicity duplicity_project	`< 0.4.9`	`0.4.9`

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201 · ADVISORY
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · WEB
gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity · PACKAGE
web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771 · WEB
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html · WEB
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html · WEB
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · WEB
duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG · Broken Link
osvdb.org/42339 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/28917 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/27771

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