Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting git-core-doc package, versions <0:2.14.5-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
26.33% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GITCOREDOC-1666045
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Oct 2018

Introduced: 6 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 git-core-doc to version 0:2.14.5-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1093.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git-core-doc package and not the git-core-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.