As a quick fix, I downloaded the source package, reversed patch CVE-2015-6587.patch and rebuilt. This solves the problem for me, temporarily, but it would be nice to have this fixed properly in the packages, of course.
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-6587 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532829 Title: OpenAFS backup fails because of "illegal volume name" *.backup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openafs/+bug/1532829/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs