CVE-2018-19486

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19486
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-23 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-11 03:29:00 UTC
DescriptionGit before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Git-scm Git All All All All
Application Git-scm Git All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Git: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Git run_command() API Flaw on Linux/UNIX Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3829-1: Git vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
git.git - The core git plumbing MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Git CVE-2018-19486 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
2.19.2.txt\RelNotes\Documentation - git.git - The core git plumbing MISC git.kernel.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 710171 Gentoo Linux Git Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-13)
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