USN-3243-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3243-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3243-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3243-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2017-03-23T12:43:36.287667Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:22Z
Summary
git vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Git incorrectly sanitized branch names in the PS1 variable when configured to display the repository status in the shell prompt. If a user were tricked into exploring a malicious repository, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "git",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-all",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-arch",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-bzr",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-core",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-cvs",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-el",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-email",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-gui",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-man",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "git-svn",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitk",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gitweb",
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-9938",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}