[Rdiff-backup-bugs] [bug #14545] Security(?) problem with remote backup

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: Security(?) problem with remote backup
                 Project: rdiff-backup
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 09/15/05 at 11:49
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

I'm using rdiff-backup 1.0.1 with Python 2.3 on Mac OS X 10.3.9, and if I try
to do a remote backup (even to localhost) I get an error message (apparently)
related to a wrong number of arguments passed to a funcion. To reproduce it,
just run

  rdiff-backup /tmp/xx localhost::/tmp/yy

the returned error is

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
283, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
253, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
294, in Backup
    backup_set_fs_globals(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
440, in backup_set_fs_globals
    conn.FilenameMapping.set_init_quote_vals()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 445, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 367, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation: 
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: FilenameMapping.set_init_quote_vals
with arguments: []

Traceback (most recent call last):
address@hidden rdiff_backup]$   File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
283, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
251, in take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 352, in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 314, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 230, in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem
probably originated remotely)







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