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CVE-2017-14867

Published: 28 September 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
git
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7)
upstream
Released (1:2.14.2-1)
xenial
Released (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3)
zesty
Released (1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.3)
Patches:
vendor: http://repo.or.cz/git/debian.git/commit/ad86ba2e77a442db38510bcc5e5283872df49d88

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
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