vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3438-1 (CVE-2017-14867): Git vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 28, 2017 | Oct 5, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 28, 2017
Added
Oct 5, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain subcommands such as
cvsserver. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue via shell
metacharacters in modules names to execute arbitrary code.
This update also removes the cvsserver subcommand from git-shell by
default.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-git
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