Bug 1484820 (CVE-2017-12976) - CVE-2017-12976 git-annex: RCE via ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname
Summary: CVE-2017-12976 git-annex: RCE via ssh URL with an initial dash character in t...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-12976
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1484822 1484821
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-24 11:12 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:19 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: git-annex 6.20170818
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:22:05 UTC
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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.
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