ubuntu-cve-2018-10859
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-16 18:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

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

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "git-annex",
            "binary_version": "5.20151208-1build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "git-annex",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/git-annex@5.20151208-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.20150731-1build1",
        "5.20151208-1",
        "5.20151208-1build1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "git-annex",
            "binary_version": "6.20180227-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "git-annex",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/git-annex@6.20180227-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.20170818-1",
        "6.20171124-1",
        "6.20180112-1",
        "6.20180112-2",
        "6.20180227-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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\u0027s gpg key. This attack could be used to expose encrypted data that was never stored in git-annex",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10859",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:00Z",
  "published": "2018-07-16T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10859"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/26/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git-annex.branchable.com/security/CVE-2018-10857_and_CVE-2018-10859/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10859"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-10859"
  ]
}



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