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Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4

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Snyk CVSS

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
8.8 high
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SUSE
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-GIT-340821
  • published 6 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 6 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 6 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17456 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-88 Open this link 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:9. 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.