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Fedora 39: FEDORA-2023-467632ecbe Moderate: Borgbackup Data Loss Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey September 15, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Addressing CVE-2023-36811 is essential for borgbackup users utilizing Fedora. Ensure you update immediately to protect your backup systems from potential data compromise.
fix for CVE-2023-36811: spoofed archive leads to data loss Please note that starting with borgbackup 1.2.5 all borg repos must use TAM authentication: https://github.com/borgbackup...

Summary

BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it

supports compression and authenticated encryption.

Update Information:

fix for CVE-2023-36811: spoofed archive leads to data loss Please note that starting with borgbackup 1.2.5 all borg repos must use TAM authentication: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.6/docs/changes.rst#pre-125-archives- spoofing-vulnerability-cve-2023-36811

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora data loss spoofing borgbackup

Change Log

* Tue Sep 5 2023 Felix Schwarz - 1.2.6-1 - update to 1.2.6 to fix CVE-2023-36811

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2236305 - CVE-2023-36811 borgbackup: spoofed archive leads to data loss [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236305

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-467632ecbe' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: borgbackup
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 1.2.6
Release: 1.fc39
URL: https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Summary: A deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora data loss spoofing borgbackup

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