Debian DLA-1144-1 : git-annex security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104219

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.20120629+deb7u1.

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/2017/10/msg00026.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104219

File Name: debian_DLA-1144.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:git-annex, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12976