USN-3243-1

It was discovered that Git incorrectly sanitized branch names in the PS1 variable when configured to display the repository status in the shell prompt. If a user were tricked into exploring a malicious repository, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / git

Package

Name: git
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.8.3.2-1

1:1.8.4.2-1

1:1.8.4.3-1

1:1.8.4.4-1

1:1.8.5-1

1:1.8.5.1-1

1:1.8.5.2-1

1:1.8.5.2-2

1:1.8.5.3-1

1:1.9~rc1-1

1:1.9.0-1

1:1.9.1-1

1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1

1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2

1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-arch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-bzr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-cvs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-run"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-daemon-sysvinit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-email"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-gui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-man"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "git-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "gitk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "gitweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3243-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-9938"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}