CVE-2017-14867
Description
Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.14.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.14.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.14.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.14.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.14.2-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| git-scm | git | {"endIncluding":"2.10.4"} | |
| git-scm | git | 2.11.0 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.11.1 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.11.2 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.11.3 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.12.0 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.12.1 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.12.2 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.12.3 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.12.4 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.0 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.1 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.2 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.3 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.4 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.13.5 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.14.0 | |
| git-scm | git | 2.14.1 | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/26/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039431
- https://bugs.debian.org/876854
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00246.html
- https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3p29ekj.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/T/#u
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3984
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14867.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14867
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.