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                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[oss-security] 20200121 Re: CVE-2020-7040: storeBackup: denial of service and symlink attack vector via fixed lockfile path /tmp/storeBackup.lock",
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                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200205 [SECURITY] [DLA 2095-1] storebackup security update",
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                "refsource": "UBUNTU",
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