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Alpine: git: security update to 2.8.6

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404662

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to
 visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL
 could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be
 tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability. (CVE-2017-1000117)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-1000117

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404662

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000117

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2017-1000117)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000117

BID: 100283