SUSE CVE-2013-1901

PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the 1 pgstartbackup or 2 pgstopbackup functions...

SUSE CVE-2013-4202

The 1 backup api/contrib/backups.py and 2 volume transfer contrib/volumetransfer.py APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service resource consumption and crash via an XML Entity Expansion XEE attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an...

SUSE CVE-2016-10729

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root...

SUSE CVE-2016-10730

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing t...

SUSE CVE-2017-1000383

GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 and other versions most likely ignores umask when creating a backup save file "ORIGINALFILENAME" resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary...

SUSE CVE-2018-16947

An issue was discovered in OpenAFS before 1.6.23 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2. The backup tape controller butc process accepts incoming RPCs but does not require or allow for authentication of those RPCs. Handling those RPCs results in operations being performed with administrator credentials, includin...

SUSE CVE-2018-19456

The WP Backup+ aka WPbackupplus plugin through 2018-11-22 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from server folders and files, as demonstrated by download.sql...

SUSE CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

SUSE CVE-2020-10997

Percona XtraBackup before 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup file output. This may include sensitive arguments passed at run time. In addition, when --history is passed at run time, this command line is also written to the PERCONASCHEMA.xtrabackuphistory table...

SUSE CVE-2020-13867

Open-iSCSI targetcli-fb through 2.1.52 has weak permissions for /etc/target and for the backup directory and backup files...

SUSE CVE-2022-26944

Percona XtraBackup 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup file output. This may include sensitive arguments passed at run time. In addition, when --history is passed at run time, this command line is also written to the PERCONASCHEMA.xtrabackuphistory table. NOTE:...

SUSE CVE-2022-37705

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the...

SUSE CVE-2022-37704

Amanda 3.5.1 allows privilege escalation from the regular user backup to root. The SUID binary located at /lib/amanda/rundump will execute /usr/sbin/dump as root with controlled arguments from the attacker which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure...

Veeam PowerShell cmdlets to help Automate Backup Copy Backup Format Upgrade

This article provides information about using Veeam PowerShell to automate the procedure of upgrading Legacy Periodic Backup Copy jobs to use the new True Per-Machine backup format. These PowerShell commands can be used to simplify the Backup Chain Format upgrade process...

Known NAS Backup Issues With Nutanix Files Integration

Known Issues Issue 1: Disabling "multi-protocol access" within Nutanix breaks NAS Backup When Nutanix storage has been added to Veeam Backup & Replication using Nutanix Files System integration, if "multi-protocol access" is disabled within the Nutanix configuration, Veeam Backup & Replication wi...

CVE-2023-0830

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in EasyNAS 1.1.0. Affected is the function system of the file /backup.pl. The manipulation leads to os command injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is...

A CISOs Practical Guide to Storage and Backup Ransomware Resiliency

One thing is clear. The "business value" of data continues to grow, making it an organization's primary piece of intellectual property. From a cyber risk perspective, attacks on data are the most prominent threat to organizations. Regulators, cyber insurance firms, and auditors are paying much...

A CISOs Practical Guide to Storage and Backup Ransomware Resiliency

One thing is clear. The "business value" of data continues to grow, making it an organization's primary piece of intellectual property. From a cyber risk perspective, attacks on data are the most prominent threat to organizations. Regulators, cyber insurance firms, and auditors are paying much...

Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration Check displays error regarding unsupported Veeam Backup for Public Cloud product version

Challenge During the upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 12, if theConfiguration Check detects that the Veeam Backup for AWS Plug-In or Veeam Plug-In for Microsoft Azure Plug-in is installed, the upgrade will be halted with the error: Unsupported Veeam Backup for AWS version Unsupported Veeam...

Intermittent SAP HANA Log Backup Monitoring Failures

This article documents an error that may occur during an SAP HANA Log Backup. Challenge SAP HANA log backup monitoring fails to detect log backups during monitoring intervals. The following warning message precedes the RPO violation error in the action log for the log backup monitoring job: Curre...