CVE-2019-19604

high

Description

Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.

References

Advisories
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4581

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.24.1.txt

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6UGTEOXWIYSM5KDZL74QD2GK6YQNQCP/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCYSSCA5ZTEP46SB4XRPSQGFV2L3NKMZ/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/13/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html

https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-security/disclosures/blob/master/003_git_submodule/advisory.md

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-11

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02288