# CVE-2007-5626: make\_catalog\_backup in Bacula 2.2.5, and probably earlier, sends a MySQL password as a command line argument, and sometimes transmits cleart

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

make_catalog_backup in Bacula 2.2.5, and probably earlier, sends a MySQL password as a command line argument, and sometimes transmits cleartext e-mail containing this command line, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain the password by listing the process and its arguments, or by sniffing the network.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37336
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-10.xml
- http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=990
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446809
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27243
- http://osvdb.org/41861
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31184

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