Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GIT-340821
- published6 Oct 2018
- disclosed6 Oct 2018
Introduced: 6 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-17456 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 git to version 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git package and not the git package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17456
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17456
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4311
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631/
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/1a7fd1fb2998002da6e9ff2ee46e1bdd25ee8404
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/a124133e1e6ab5c7a9fef6d0e6bcb084e3455b46
- https://marc.info/?l=git&m=153875888916397&w=2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/06/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3408
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3541
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0316
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105523
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107511
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041811
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17456
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3791-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548