vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-14867: Security patch for git (ALAS-2017-910)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 28, 2017 | Jan 24, 2023 | Jan 24, 2023 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 28, 2017
Added
Jan 24, 2023
Modified
Jan 24, 2023
Description
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-git
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