Information Exposure Affecting git-annex package, versions <6.20180626-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GITANNEX-1546947
  • published11 Jul 2018
  • disclosed16 Jul 2018

Introduced: 11 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-10859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 git-annex to version 6.20180626-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git-annex package and not the git-annex package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

git-annex is vulnerable to an Information Exposure when decrypting files. A malicious server for a special remote could trick git-annex into decrypting a file that was encrypted to the user's gpg key. This attack could be used to expose encrypted data that was never stored in git-annex