| Name | CVE-2018-17456 |
| Description | Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1533-1, DSA-4311-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| git (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u7 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u11 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:2.20.1-2+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:2.45.2-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:2.45.2-1.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| git | source | jessie | 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u7 | DLA-1533-1 | ||
| git | source | stretch | 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 | DSA-4311-1 | ||
| git | source | (unstable) | 1:2.19.1-1 |
https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3bcuy3l.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=98afac7a7cefdca0d2c4917dd8066a59f7088265
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=f6adec4e329ef0e25e14c63b735a5956dc67b8bc
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=273c61496f88c6495b886acb1041fe57965151da
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=a124133e1e6ab5c7a9fef6d0e6bcb084e3455b46
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=1a7fd1fb2998002da6e9ff2ee46e1bdd25ee8404
[wheezy] - git <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present; -u option is handled differently)