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backup-manager — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

Products
backup-manager
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.7.6-3
CVEs
CVE-2007-4656
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Sept 2007, 22:17 UTC

backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656

backup-manager

Fixed versions: 0.7.6-3

backup-manager

Fixed versions: 0.7.6-3

backup-manager

Fixed versions: 0.7.6-3

Complete source record
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  "id": "1a8045c4e02c506aaabaebda85832c9dea010eacf8566e11d8ec7e056496f554",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656",
    "summary": "backup-manager-upload in Backup Manager before 0.6.3 provides the FTP server hostname, username, and password as plaintext command line arguments during FTP uploads, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process and its arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2766.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4656",
    "products": [
      {
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        },
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          {
            "value": "0.7.6-3",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "backup-manager",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:31.057146949Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2007-4656"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4656"
      ]
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2007-4656",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 398232,
  "published_at": "2007-09-04T22:17:00+00:00"
}