CVE-2015-7545
Public on 2015-12-14
Modified on 2015-12-13
Description
A flaw was found in the way the git-remote-ext helper processed certain URLs. If a user had Git configured to automatically clone submodules from untrusted repositories, an attacker could inject commands into the URL of a submodule, allowing them to execute arbitrary code on the user's system.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | git | 2015-12-14 | ALAS-2015-613 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |