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TITLE:
Gentoo Bacula MySQL Director Password Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31184

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31184/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a weakness in bacula, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

For more information:
SA27243

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends not to use the make_catalog_backup script.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-10.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27243:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27243/

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