CVE-2017-15298
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3829-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Git through 2.14.2 mishandles layers of tree objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted repository, aka a Git bomb. This can also have an impact of disk consumption; however, an affected process typically would not survive its attempt to build the data structure in memory before writing to disk.
Git, en versiones hasta la 2.14.2 gestiona de manera incorrecta capas de objetos tipo árbol, lo que permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) mediante un repositorio manipulado. Esto también se conoce como bombas Git (Git bomb). Esto también puede causar un impacto de consumo de disco; sin embargo, un proceso afectado normalmente no sobreviviría a este intento de construir la estructura de datos en la memoria antes de escribir en el disco.
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled layers of tree objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2017-10-14 CVE Reserved
- 2017-10-14 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/Katee/git-bomb | 2024-08-05 | |
| https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html | 2020-05-02 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1 | 2020-05-02 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Git-scm Search vendor "Git-scm" | Git Search vendor "Git-scm" for product "Git" | <= 2.14.2 Search vendor "Git-scm" for product "Git" and version " <= 2.14.2" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10" | - |
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