Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u7


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 14.27% (96th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
8.8 high
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-GIT-340820
  • published 6 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 6 Oct 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 git to version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u7 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. See How to fix? for Debian:8 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.