CVE-2018-17456
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17456
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-7
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.19.1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.19.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.19.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.19.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.19.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.19.1-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.