Resource exhaustion in Git - CVE-2017-15298
Published: May 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12599
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15298
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Git
Affected software:
Git
Git
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to mishandling of layers of tree objects. A remote attacker can trigger disk consumption and cause the service to crash via a specially crafted repository, aka a Git bomb.
The weakness exists due to mishandling of layers of tree objects. A remote attacker can trigger disk consumption and cause the service to crash via a specially crafted repository, aka a Git bomb.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15298
Install update from vendor's website.