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CVE-2007-5201
Information Disclosure in duplicity (CVE-2007-5201)
Summary
vulnerability in duplicity (CVE-2007-5201). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.4.9` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2007-5201** has been found in duplicity.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade duplicity to **0.4.9** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "duplicity CVE-2007-5201" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2007-5201 (duplicity) — CWE-200 /
Patched: `0.4.9` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in duplicity.
📍 Affected scope
duplicity — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.4.9**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'duplicity' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'duplicity' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `duplicity` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade duplicity to 0.4.9ステージング環境で 0.4.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
duplicity
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.9"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201
- advisory https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html
- advisory https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html
- advisory http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85
- advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/28917
- advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- package https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity
- package https://pypi.org/project/duplicity
- report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081
- web https://web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- web https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- web http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- web http://osvdb.org/42339