CVE-2017-8386

Publication date 10 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
git 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.9.3-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5

Notes

tyhicks

Per upstream advisory, 1.6.1 is the earliest version affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
git

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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