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Gentoo Bacula MySQL Director Password Disclosure Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA31184
Release Date: 2008-07-22
Popularity: 1,484 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-5626


Description:
Gentoo has acknowledged a weakness in bacula, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

For more information:
SA27243

Solution:
The vendor recommends not to use the make_catalog_backup script.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-10.xml

Other References:
SA27243:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27243/


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