Executive Summary

Summary
Title Git vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3243-1 First vendor Publication 2017-03-23
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-03-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Git could be made to run programs as your login if it explored a specially crafted repository.

Software Description: - git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly sanitized branch names in the PS1 variable when configured to display the repository status in the shell prompt. If a user were tricked into exploring a malicious repository, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
git 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3243-1
CVE-2014-9938

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3243-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 456

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-2004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_git_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-09 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-24 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3243-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-03-25 13:25:20
  • Multiple Updates
2017-03-23 17:22:27
  • First insertion