USN-3438-1

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    USN-3438-1

    Published: 5 Oct 2017Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: git vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3438-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14867

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7

    Affected versions

    1:1.8.3.2-1
    1:1.8.4.2-1
    1:1.8.4.3-1
    1:1.8.4.4-1
    1:1.8.5-1
    1:1.8.5.1-1
    1:1.8.5.2-1
    1:1.8.5.2-2
    1:1.8.5.3-1

    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
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