cve-2018-19486
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-11-23 08:00
Modified
2024-08-05 11:37
Severity ?
Summary
Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/Third Party Advisory
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