PYSEC-2017-6

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    PYSEC-2017-6

    Published: 18 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: attic before 0.15 does not confirm unencrypted backups with the user, which allows remote attackers with read and write privileges for the encrypted repository to obtain potentially sensitive information by changing the manifest type byte of the repository to "unencrypted / without key file".

    References: https://github.com/jborg/attic/issues/271, https://github.com/jborg/attic/commit/78f9ad1faba7193ca7f0acccbc13b1ff6ebf9072, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74821, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/3, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x6q-ffwj-8vcf

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: attic

    Purl: pkg:pypi/attic

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -78f9ad1faba7193ca7f0acccbc13b1ff6ebf9072

    Affected versions

    0.10

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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