vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3829-1 (CVE-2017-15298): Git vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 14, 2017 | Dec 4, 2018 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 14, 2017
Added
Dec 4, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled layers of tree objects.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-15298)
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-19486)
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-git
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