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CVE-2009-3369

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

CgiUserConfigEdit in BackupPC 3.1.0, when SSH keys and Rsync are in use in a multi-user environment, does not restrict users from the ClientNameAlias function, which allows remote authenticated users to read and write sensitive files by modifying ClientNameAlias to match another system, then initiating a backup or restore.

Affected products

• Backuppc: 3.1.0

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542218
• http://osvdb.org/57236
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37161
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518412
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00694.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00729.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542218
• http://osvdb.org/57236
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37161
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518412

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