UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15298

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15298
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15298
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-10-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Git through 2.14.2 mishandles layers of tree objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted repository, aka a Git bomb. This can also have an impact of disk consumption; however, an affected process typically would not survive its attempt to build the data structure in memory before writing to disk.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10

Affected versions

1:1.*

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
1:1.9~rc1-1
1:1.9.0-1
1:1.9.1-1
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.8
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9

Ecosystem specific 

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    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-bzr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.5.0-1
1:2.6.2-1
1:2.6.3-1
1:2.6.4-1
1:2.7.0~rc3-1
1:2.7.0-1
1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.1
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.4
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

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    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}