CVE-2018-17456

NameCVE-2018-17456
DescriptionGit 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1533-1, DSA-4311-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
git (PTS)buster1:2.20.1-2+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)1:2.20.1-2+deb10u8fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:2.30.2-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:2.39.2-1.1fixed
sid, trixie1:2.43.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gitsourcejessie1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u7DLA-1533-1
gitsourcestretch1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4DSA-4311-1
gitsource(unstable)1:2.19.1-1

Notes

https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3bcuy3l.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=98afac7a7cefdca0d2c4917dd8066a59f7088265
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=f6adec4e329ef0e25e14c63b735a5956dc67b8bc
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=273c61496f88c6495b886acb1041fe57965151da
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=a124133e1e6ab5c7a9fef6d0e6bcb084e3455b46
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=1a7fd1fb2998002da6e9ff2ee46e1bdd25ee8404

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