CVE-2018-19486 (GCVE-0-2018-19486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-23 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/D… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2018-11-23 00:00
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