GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-mf6w-45cf-qhmp Git-fastclone passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2015-8969
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- git-fastclone
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems git-fastclone: < 1.0.5 → fixed in 1.0.5
Description
git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to `cd ` and `git clone ` commands in the library.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2015-8969 git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8969 advisory
- https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5 web
- https://hackerone.com/reports/105190 web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/git-fastclone/CVE-2015-8969.yml web
- https://github.com/square/git-fastclone package
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161108132238/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433 web