CVE catalog

CVE-2007-5201

duplicity: CVE-2007-5201

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 4, 2007, 5:17:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026

The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	duplicity	sid	`3.1.0-2`	fixed
Debian	duplicity	forky	`3.1.0-2`	fixed
Debian	duplicity	trixie	`3.0.4-1`	fixed
Debian	duplicity	bookworm	`0.8.22-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	duplicity	source	sid	`0.4.3-2`	low	Not reported	[442840]
Debian	duplicity	source	forky	`0.4.3-2`	low	Not reported	[442840]
Debian	duplicity	source	trixie	`0.4.3-2`	low	Not reported	[442840]
Debian	duplicity	source	bookworm	`0.4.3-2`	low	Not reported	[442840]

[Debian bug #442840]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[duplicity]Fixed
Details (4)
- 0.8.22-1+b3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · bookworm; dsa · duplicity · debian · 12
- 0.8.22-1+b3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · bookworm; dsa · duplicity · debian · 12
- 2.1.4-3~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · bookworm; dsa · duplicity · debian · 12
- 2.1.4-3~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · bookworm; dsa · duplicity · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[duplicity]Fixed
Source package: [duplicity]
Details (2)
- 3.0.4-1+b1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · 13
- 3.0.4-1+b1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.4.3-2
  dsa · duplicity · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:03:52 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]