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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202405-13

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202405-13 - A vulnerability has been discovered in borgmatic, which can lead to shell injection. Versions greater than or equal to 1.8.8 are affected.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202405-13

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

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.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected

app-backup/borgmatic < 1.8.8 >= 1.8.8

Description

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

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.