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backintime — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611

common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.

Products
backintime
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.9.26-3
CVEs
CVE-2009-3611
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Oct 2009, 16:30 UTC

common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611

backintime

Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3

backintime

Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3

backintime

Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3

Complete source record
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  "id": "fc2bec5bd283f7579b85aa987f4a5e8bce494de1174c1f8ac33b06518e70375b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611",
    "summary": "common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "backintime",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "value": "0.9.26-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "backintime",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "backintime",
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        },
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "high",
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        }
      ],
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "backintime",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/backintime?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611.json"
          },
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          }
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        {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "backintime",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/backintime?arch=source&distro=trixie",
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          },
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          },
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "backintime",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/backintime?arch=source&distro=forky",
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:02:38.919283468Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2009-3611"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3611"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2009-3611",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419610,
  "published_at": "2009-10-26T16:30:00.89+00:00"
}