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Ubuntu: USN-3438-1 (CVE-2017-14867): Git vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3438-1 (CVE-2017-14867): Git vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/28/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/05/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-git

References

  • USN-3438-1
  • DSA-3984
  • CVE-2017-14867

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