MGASA-2017-0266

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    MGASA-2017-0266

    Published: 13 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated git packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Joern Schneeweisz discovered that git, a distributed revision control system, did not correctly handle maliciously constructed ssh:// URLs. This allowed an attacker to run an arbitrary shell command, for instance via git submodules (CVE-2017-1000117).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0266.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21503, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.5.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.6.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.4.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.5.txt, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/git?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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