Race condition in yadm - CVE-2017-11353
Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38689
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11353
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: TheLocehiliosan
Affected software:
yadm
yadm
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
yadm (yet another dotfile manager) 1.10.0 has a race condition (related to the behavior of git commands in setting permissions for new files and directories), which potentially allows access to SSH and PGP keys.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11353
Install update from vendor's website.