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CVE-2018-17456

Date: October 6, 2018

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (24)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3408

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3791-1/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105523

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107511

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0316

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-17456

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17456

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4311

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17456

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631/

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/06/3

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17456

Url: https://github.com/git/git/commit/1a7fd1fb2998002da6e9ff2ee46e1bdd25ee8404

Url: https://marc.info/?l=git&m=153875888916397&w=2

Url: https://github.com/git/git/commit/a124133e1e6ab5c7a9fef6d0e6bcb084e3455b46

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041811

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3541

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-17456

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

CWE-88

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2018-17456

Date: October 6, 2018

Language: C

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