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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-1000117: Git: Command injection

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-1000117: Git: Command injection

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-vcs-git

References

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