CVE-2019-19604

Summary

CVECVE-2019-19604
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-11 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:07:00 UTC
DescriptionArbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78 | CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Git-scm Git All All All All
Application Git-scm Git All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0123-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4581-1 git DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: git-2.24.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0598-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
003_git_submodule/advisory.md · master · GitLab.com / GitLab Security Department / disclosures · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.24.1 and others - Junio C Hamano public-inbox.org
raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.24.1.txt CONFIRM raw.githubusercontent.com Third Party Advisory
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.24.1 and others - Junio C Hamano CONFIRM public-inbox.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: git-2.21.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Git: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-30) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: git-2.21.1-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Git MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: git-2.24.1-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296076 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.3.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 354769 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for git : ALAS2-2023-1943
  • 500219 Alpine Linux Security Update for git
  • 503963 Alpine Linux Security Update for git
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