Command injection in Git LFS - CVE-2017-17831

 

Command injection in Git LFS - CVE-2017-17831

Published: March 6, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10850
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17831
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Git
Affected software:
Git LFS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to command injection. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, located on a "url =" line in a .lfsconfig file within a repository.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-17831

Update to version 2.1.1 or later.

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