UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16228

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16228

    Published: 29 Oct 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16228

    Summary:

    Details: Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16228, https://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/commit/7116a0cbbda571f7dac863f4b1c00b6e16d6d8d6/, https://tracker.debian.org/news/882440, https://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/git-project-patches-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-git/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16228

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dulwich

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.11.2-1ubuntu1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High