Input validation error in Git - CVE-2019-1387

 

Input validation error in Git - CVE-2019-1387

Published: December 10, 2019 / Updated: December 12, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23488
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1387
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Git for Visual Studio. A remote attacker can convince the user to clone a malicious repo and execute arbitrary code on the target system. 


Affected software

Git
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Opensuse
Fedora
libgit2 (Alpine package)
libgit2-1.0 (Alpine package)
git (Alpine package)
git (Ubuntu package)
git (Debian package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libgit2
git
Red Hat Software Collections
Visual Studio
OpenManage Network Integration (OMNI)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1387

Install updates from vendor's website.

Git - addressed in versions 2.14.6, 2.15.4, 2.16.6, 2.17.3, 2.18.2, 2.19.3, 2.20.2, 2.21.1, 2.22.2, 2.23.1, 2.24.1
libgit2 (Alpine package) - update to 0.28.4-r0
libgit2-1.0 (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.1-r1
git (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.7, 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.5, 1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.04.1, 1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.1
git (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u5, 1:2.20.1-2+deb10u1
git (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.15.4-r0, 2.18.2-r0
libgit2 - update to 0.28.4-1.fc31
git - addressed in versions 2.21.1-1.fc30, 2.24.1-1.fc31
OpenManage Network Integration (OMNI) - update to 3.7

External References

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