Improper Input Validation Affecting emacs-git package, versions <0:1.8.3.1-14.el7_5
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Snyk has a published code exploit for this vulnerability.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACSGIT-4791234
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed30 May 2018
Introduced: 30 May 2018
CVE-2018-11235 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 emacs-git to version 0:1.8.3.1-14.el7_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1957.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-git package and not the emacs-git package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, remote code execution can occur. With a crafted .gitmodules file, a malicious project can execute an arbitrary script on a machine that runs "git clone --recurse-submodules" because submodule "names" are obtained from this file, and then appended to $GIT_DIR/modules, leading to directory traversal with "../" in a name. Finally, post-checkout hooks from a submodule are executed, bypassing the intended design in which hooks are not obtained from a remote server.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104345
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11235
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4212
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44822/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-13
- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/05/29/announcing-the-may-2018-git-security-vulnerability/
- https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152761328506724&w=2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1957
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040991
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3671-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631