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[SA15615] Backup Manager Exposure of Archive Repository

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Jun 08 2005 - 06:51:14 CDT


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TITLE:
Backup Manager Exposure of Archive Repository

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15615

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15615/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Backup Manager 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5225/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Backup Manager, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The problem is that the archive repository is world-readable and may
be exposed.

The security issue has been reported in version 0.5.7. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.5.8.
http://www.sukria.net/packages/backup-manager/sources/backup-manager-0.5.8.tar.gz

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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