Improper Input Validation Affecting borgbackup package, versions <1.0.9-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BORGBACKUP-519937
  • published2 Jan 2017
  • disclosed2 Jan 2017

Introduced: 2 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 borgbackup to version 1.0.9-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream borgbackup package and not the borgbackup package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.