CVE-2017-8386

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-01 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
Descriptiongit-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Application Git Git-shell - All All All
Application Git Git-shell - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3848-1 git DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3287-1: Git vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: git-2.13.0-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Git Lets Remote Authenticated Users Escape the 'git-shell' and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory
3ec804490a265f4c418a321428c12f3f18b7eff5 - pub/scm/git/git - Git at Google CONFIRM kernel.googlesource.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:1422-1: moderate: Security update for git SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: git-2.9.4-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: git-2.13.0-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Git: Security bypass (GLSA 201706-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Git CVE-2017-8386 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: git-2.7.5-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.12.3 and others - Junio C Hamano MLIST public-inbox.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: git-2.9.4-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: git-2.7.5-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Git Shell Bypass By Abusing Less (CVE-2017-8386) – Insinuator.net MISC insinuator.net Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.12.3 and others - Junio C Hamano public-inbox.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710369 Gentoo Linux Git Security bypass Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-04)
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