UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17456

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17456
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17456.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17456
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-10-06T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:02Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "git",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-all",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-arch",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-bzr",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-core",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-cvs",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-el",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-email",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-gui",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-man",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-svn",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitk",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitweb",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "git",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-all",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-arch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-core",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-cvs",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-el",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-email",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-gui",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-man",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-svn",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitk",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitweb",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.14.1-1ubuntu4
1:2.15.1-1ubuntu2
1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1
1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "git",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-all",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-cvs",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-el",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-email",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-gui",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-man",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-svn",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitk",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitweb",
            "binary_version": "1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}