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BackupPC 'ClientNameAlias' Function Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
8.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host has BackupPC intallation and is prone to security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The security issue is due to the application allowing users to set the 'ClientNameAlias' option for configured hosts. This can be exploited to backup arbitrary directories from client systems for which Rsync over SSH is configured as a transfer method.
Affected Software
Affected Software
BackupPC version 3.1.0 and prior.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 3.1.0-7 or later.