metadata/glsa/glsa-201706-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201706-04">
  <title>Git: Security bypass</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Git might allow remote attackers to bypass
    security restrictions.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">git</product>
  <announced>2017-06-06</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-06-06</revised>
  <bug>618126</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-vcs/git" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.13.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.13.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
      designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with
      speed and efficiency.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Timo Schmid discovered that the Git restricted shell incorrectly
      filtered allowed commands.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly bypass security restrictions and access
      sensitive information.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Git users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-vcs/git-2.13.0"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8386">CVE-2017-8386</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-05-18T06:04:29Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-06T08:33:25Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>