CVE-2017-16228 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dulwich  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-DULWICH-1027466
  • published29 Oct 2017
  • disclosed29 Oct 2017

Introduced: 29 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-16228  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dulwich package and not the dulwich package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.