CVE-2018-19486

critical

Description

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-23

Updated: 2019-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical