CVE-2009-3611 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3611?

CVE-2009-3611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3611?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Le-Web Backintime.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3611?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2009-3611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611, GHSA-vvf9-jwf6-834q.