Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting git-gui package, versions <0:1.8.3.1-20.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
65.97% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GITGUI-2129919
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Oct 2018

Introduced: 5 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 git-gui to version 0:1.8.3.1-20.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git-gui package and not the git-gui package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.