Debian 3.1/4.0 DSA-1518-1 Moderate: Backup-Manager Password Exposure
debian
March 15, 2008
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 t...
Summary
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.7-1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version
0.7.6-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your backup-manager package.
Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
Size/MD5 checksum: 923 fad99430055e40413827e477768dd077
Size/MD5 checksum: 35661 a97a66d03c4a05072924998f48f7b5d6
Size/MD5 checksum: 18510 4c33c9b8711ca3da4eb7f8f77214c26a
Architecture independent packages:
Size/MD5 checksum:...
PREVIOUS
NEXT
Get the latest News and Insights
Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.
Related News
Powered By
Linux Security - Your source for Top Linux News, Advisories, HOWTOs and Feature Releases
QUICK LINKS
subscribe to newsletters!
Like staying secure? So do we.
Sign up for updates, tips, and alerts!