OS command injection in Git - CVE-2017-1000117

 

OS command injection in Git - CVE-2017-1000117

Published: August 15, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7889
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000117
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Git
Affected software:
Git

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to command injection flaw. A remote attacker (e.g., repository) can return a specially crafted 'ssh://' URL during 'clone' commands to execute arbitrary shell commands with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000117

Update to version 2.14.1.

Sources