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Gentoo Linux GLSA 202405-13: High Severity Borgmatic Shell Injection

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical Gentoo security alert GLSA 202405-14, tackling a command injection vulnerability in borgmatic. Update immediately!
A vulnerability has been discovered in borgmatic, which can lead to shell injection.

Summary

Prevent shell injection attacks within the PostgreSQL hook, the MongoDB hook, the SQLite hook, the "borgmatic borg" action, and command hook variable/constant interpolation.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Gentoo Linux shell injection borgmatic

Resolution

All borgmatic users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-backup/borgmatic-1.8.8"

References


Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: borgmatic: Shell Injection
Date: May 05, 2024
Bugs: #924892
ID: 202405-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Gentoo Linux shell injection borgmatic

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in borgmatic, which can lead to shell injection.

Background

borgmatic is simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------------- ------------ ------------ app-backup/borgmatic < 1.8.8 >= 1.8.8

Impact

Shell injection may be used in several borgmatic backends to execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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