CVE-2017-14867
HIGH8.8EPSS 6.5%git - security update
Published: 9/29/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14867
Description
Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.14.2-1
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy6
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |