UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8386

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8386
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8386.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8386
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Downstream
Related
Published
2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:15Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-bzr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / git

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

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

Ecosystem specific 

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