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Debian: CVE-2017-8386: git -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-8386: git -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-git

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