OS Command Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-GIT-340835
- published 29 Sep 2017
- disclosed 29 Sep 2017
Introduced: 29 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14867 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 git to version 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3 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 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14867
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00246.html
- https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3p29ekj.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/T/#u
- https://bugs.debian.org/876854
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3984
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14867
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/26/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039431
- https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3p29ekj.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/T/#u