GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-8gg6-3r63-25m8 git-fastclone permits arbitrary shell command execution from .gitmodules

HIGH Published 2018-08-15 Modified 2023-08-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2015-8968
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
git-fastclone
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems git-fastclone: < 1.0.1 → fixed in 1.0.1

Description

git-fastclone before 1.0.1 permits arbitrary shell command execution from .gitmodules. If an attacker can instruct a user to run a recursive clone from a repository they control, they can get a client to run an arbitrary shell command. Alternately, if an attacker can MITM an unencrypted git clone, they could exploit this. The ext command will be run if the repository is recursively cloned or if submodules are updated. This attack works when cloning both local and remote repositories.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2015-8968 git-fastclone before 1.0.1 permits arbitrary shell command execution from .gitmodules. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References