Debian DLA-1495-1 : git-annex security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 117296

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The git-annex package was found to have multiple vulnerabilities when operating on untrusted data that could lead to arbitrary command execution and encrypted data exfiltration.

CVE-2017-12976

git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

CVE-2018-10857

git-annex is vulnerable to a private data exposure and exfiltration attack. It could expose the content of files located outside the git-annex repository, or content from a private web server on localhost or the LAN.

CVE-2018-10859

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

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 5.20141125+oops-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your git-annex packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected git-annex package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/git-annex

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117296

File Name: debian_DLA-1495.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2018

Updated: 8/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12976

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:git-annex

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2018-10857, CVE-2018-10859