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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5626
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37336
• http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=990
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446809
• http://osvdb.org/41861
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27243
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31184
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-10.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26156
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3572