1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3791-1

USN-3791-1: Git vulnerability

Publication date

12 October 2018

Overview

Git could be made to run programs as your login if it recursively opened a malicious git repository.

Releases

Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

It was discovered that git did not properly validate git submodule
urls or paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this to craft a
git repository that causes arbitrary code execution when recursive
operations are used.

It was discovered that git did not properly validate git submodule
urls or paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this to craft a
git repository that causes arbitrary code execution when recursive
operations are used.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic git –  1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial git –  1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5
14.04 LTS trusty git –  1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9

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