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CVE-2017-8386

Publication date 10 May 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
git 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.9.3-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5

Notes

tyhicks

Per upstream advisory, 1.6.1 is the earliest version affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
git

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H