Backup Manager Discloses '/etc' Files to Local Users
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1014124
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1014124
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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-1855
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Nov 2 2008
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Original Entry Date: Jun 7 2005
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Impact: Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
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Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.5.8
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Backup Manager. A local user can view potentially restricted files.
The software creates backup files in a world-readable location. In the default configuration, the software stores a world-readable
tar file of the '/etc' directory in the '/var/backups' directory. This allows a local user to view the tar file to gain access
to copies of the files from the '/etc' directory.
Jeroen Vermeulen reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A local user can view copies of files from the '/etc' directory.
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Solution: The vendor has included a fix in the pending version 0.5.8, to be available at:
http://www.sukria.net/packages/backup-manager/
http://www.sukria.net/packages/backup-manager/sources/
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Vendor URL: www.sukria.net/packages/backup-manager/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Reported By: jtv@thaiopensource.org (Jeroen Vermeulen)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:04:50 +0700
From: jtv@thaiopensource.org (Jeroen Vermeulen)
Subject: backup-manager: secure repository
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Creating a world-readable repository would be a serious security breach.
I may be mistaken, but AFAICS the installation script fails to check
this or warn about it. It doesn't enforce it in any case; I just
realized I had a world-readable repository in a working setup.
Are there any steps that can be taken to encourage secure configuration,
e.g. creating the repository at installation time with root-only access
rights, or chmod'ing it if it already exists? Or alternatively, create
the backups with root-only access rights and/or encrypt them.
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