CVE-2017-14867

Publication date 28 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
git 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7

Patch details

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Package Patch details
git

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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