UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17831

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17831

    Published: 21 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17831

    Summary:

    Details: GitHub Git LFS before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, located on a "url =" line in a .lfsconfig file within a repository.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17831, https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/pull/2242, https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.1.1, http://blog.recurity-labs.com/2017-08-10/scm-vulns, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git-lfs

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.4-1

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-1

    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