USN-3387-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3387-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3387-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3387-1
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Related
Published
2017-08-11T04:28:39.173976Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:28Z
Summary
git vulnerability
Details

Brian Neel, Joern Schneeweisz, and Jeff King discovered that Git did not properly handle host names in 'ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a git repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-bzr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-1000117",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "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"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-1000117",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "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"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}