CVE-2017-15298
Description
Git through 2.14.2 mishandles layers of tree objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted repository, aka a Git bomb. This can also have an impact of disk consumption; however, an affected process typically would not survive its attempt to build the data structure in memory before writing to disk.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 18.10 | Affected | — |
| 18.04 | Affected | — |
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.16.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.16.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.16.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.16.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.16.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| git-scm | git | {"endIncluding":"2.14.2"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.