Summary
The remote host is missing an update to backup-manager announced via advisory DSA 1518-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201518-1
Insight
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.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.5-4.
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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-4656 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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