Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-GIT-340828
- published 6 Oct 2018
- disclosed 6 Oct 2018
Introduced: 6 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-17456 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 git to version 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17456
- 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
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3791-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548