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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7545: Vulnerability in Git, Mercurial source code management

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7545: Vulnerability in Git, Mercurial source code management

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a) .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-developer-versioning-git-2-7-4-0-175-3-8-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-developer-versioning-mercurial-27-4-1-3-0-175-3-20-0-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-developer-versioning-mercurial-4-1-3-0-175-3-20-0-3-0

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