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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-11 Low: Bacula Information Disclosure Risk

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2014
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A vulnerability in Bacula presents a risk of unauthorized access to confidential data on Gentoo platforms. The severity is rated as low, but updating is advised.
A vulnerability in Bacula may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Summary

Bacula does not properly enforce console access control lists.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo access control moderate severity information disclosure bacula

Resolution

All Bacula users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-backup/bacula-5.2.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4430 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4430

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-11
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: Bacula: Information disclosure
Date: May 17, 2014
Bugs: #434878
ID: 201405-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo access control moderate severity information disclosure bacula

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Bacula may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Background

Bacula is a network based backup suite.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-backup/bacula < 5.2.12 >= 5.2.12

Impact

===== A remote authenticated attacker may be able to bypass restrictions to obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.