CVE-2009-3611

Description

common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00823.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00821.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520210

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backintime/+bug/434256

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125554894700336&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125553645511436&w=2

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289047

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=543785

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3