Improper input validation in Git - CVE-2018-11233
Published: May 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13048
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11233
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to input validation flaw in processing path names on NTFS-based systems. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted path names and read random memory contents.
Affected software
Git
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
git (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
git
Apple Xcode
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
git (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
git
Apple Xcode
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11233
Update to version 2.17.1.
git (Alpine package) - update to 2.11.3-r1
git - addressed in versions 2.14.4-1.fc27, 2.17.1-2.fc28
git - addressed in versions 2.14.4-1.fc27, 2.17.1-2.fc28
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Git
- Gentoo update for Git
- Slackware Linux update for git
- OpenSUSE Linux update for git
- Amazon Linux AMI update for git
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Xcode
- Red Hat update for git
- OpenSUSE Linux update for procps
- OpenSUSE Linux update for procps
- OpenSUSE Linux update for git
- Improper input validation in git (Alpine package)
- Fedora 27 update for git
- Fedora 28 update for git