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@@ -5,6 +5,72 @@ Important notes 1.x
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This section provides information about security and corruption issues.
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+.. _archives_tam_vuln:
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+Pre-1.2.5 archives spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2023-36811)
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+----------------------------------------------------------
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+A flaw in the cryptographic authentication scheme in Borg allowed an attacker to
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+fake archives and potentially indirectly cause backup data loss in the repository.
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+The attack requires an attacker to be able to
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+1. insert files (with no additional headers) into backups
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+2. gain write access to the repository
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+This vulnerability does not disclose plaintext to the attacker, nor does it
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+affect the authenticity of existing archives.
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+Creating plausible fake archives may be feasible for empty or small archives,
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+but is unlikely for large archives.
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+The fix enforces checking the TAM authentication tag of archives at critical
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+places. Borg now considers archives without TAM as garbage or an attack.
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+We are not aware of others having discovered, disclosed or exploited this vulnerability.
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+Below, if we speak of borg 1.2.5, we mean a borg version >= 1.2.5 **or** a
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+borg version that has the relevant security patches for this vulnerability applied
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+(could be also an older version in that case).
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+Steps you must take to upgrade a repository:
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+1. Upgrade all clients using this repository to borg 1.2.5.
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+ Note: it is not required to upgrade a server, except if the server-side borg
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+ is also used as a client (and not just for "borg serve").
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+ Do **not** run ``borg check`` with borg 1.2.5 before completing the upgrade steps.
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+2. Run ``borg info --debug <repository> 2>&1 | grep TAM | grep -i manifest``.
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+ a) If you get "TAM-verified manifest", continue with 3.
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+ b) If you get "Manifest TAM not found and not required", run
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+ ``borg upgrade --tam --force <repository>`` *on every client*.
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+3. Run ``borg list --format='{name} {time} tam:{tam}{NL}' <repository>``.
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+ "tam:verified" means that the archive has a valid TAM authentication.
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+ "tam:none" is expected as output for archives created by borg <1.0.9.
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+ "tam:none" could also come from archives created by an attacker.
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+ You should verify that "tam:none" archives are authentic and not malicious
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+ (== have good content, have correct timestamp, can be extracted successfully).
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+ In case you find crappy/malicious archives, you must delete them before proceeding.
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+ In low-risk, trusted environments, you may decide on your own risk to skip step 3
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+ and just trust in everything being OK.
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+4. If there are no tam:non archives left at this point, you can skip this step.
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+ Run ``borg upgrade --archives-tam <repository>``.
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+ This will make sure all archives are TAM authenticated (an archive TAM will be added
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+ for all archives still missing one).
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+ ``borg check`` would consider TAM-less archives as garbage or a potential attack.
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+ Optionally run the same command as in step 3 to see that all archives now are "tam:verified".
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+Vulnerability time line:
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+* 2023-06-13: Vulnerability discovered during code review by Thomas Waldmann
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+* 2023-06-13...: Work on fixing the issue, upgrade procedure, docs.
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+* 2023-06-30: CVE was assigned via Github CNA
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+* 2023-07-xx: Released fixed version 1.2.5
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.. _hashindex_set_bug:
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Pre-1.1.11 potential index corruption / data loss issue
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Thomas Waldmann