Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package borgbackup  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-BORGBACKUP-623290
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed2 Jan 2017

Introduced: 2 Jan 2017

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

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream borgbackup package and not the borgbackup package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.