CVE-2012-4430

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The dump_resource function in dird/dird_conf.c in Bacula before 5.2.11 does not properly enforce ACL rules, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain resource dump information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Bacula: before 5.2.11 — fixed in 5.2.11
Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bacula 5.2.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/50535
http://secunia.com/advisories/50808
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bacula/files/bacula/5.2.12/ReleaseNotes/view
http://www.bacula.org/en/?page=news
http://www.bacula.org/git/cgit.cgi/bacula/commit/?id=67debcecd3d530c429e817e1d778e79dcd1db905
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2558
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:166
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/15/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55505
http://secunia.com/advisories/50535

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