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<glsa id="200807-10">
  <title>Bacula: Information disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability in Bacula may allow local attackers to obtain sensitive
    information.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">bacula</product>
  <announced>2008-07-21</announced>
  <revised count="01">2008-07-21</revised>
  <bug>196834</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-backup/bacula" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.4.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Bacula is a network based backup suite.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Matthijs Kooijman reported that the "make_catalog_backup" script uses
    the MySQL password as a command line argument when invoking other
    programs.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could list the processes on the local machine when the
    script is running to obtain the MySQL password. Note: The password
    could also be disclosed via network sniffing attacks when the script
    fails, in which case it would be sent via cleartext e-mail.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    A warning about this issue has been added in version 2.4.1, but the
    issue is still unfixed. We advise not to use the make_catalog_backup
    script, but to put all MySQL parameters into a dedicated file readable
    only by the user running Bacula.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5626">CVE-2007-5626</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-07-15T10:41:52Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-07-15T11:29:18Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-07-15T11:29:25Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>
