Bug 1484820 (CVE-2017-12976)

Summary:	CVE-2017-12976 git-annex: RCE via ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, haskell-devel, petersen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	git-annex 6.20170818	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 03:22:05 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1484822, 1484821
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-24 11:12:29 UTC

git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the
hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related
issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-1000116, and
CVE-2017-1000117.

Upstream patch:

http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=commit;h=df11e54788b254efebb4898b474de11ae8d3b471

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-24 11:12:55 UTC

Created git-annex tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1484822]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1484821]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:22:05 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.