{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000117","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:18:14.926156Z","published":"2017-08-10T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3387-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-1000117"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000117"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://marc.info/?l=git&m=150238802328673&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3387-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000117"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"git","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6"}]}],"versions":["1:1.8.3.2-1","1:1.8.4.2-1","1:1.8.4.3-1","1:1.8.4.4-1","1:1.8.5-1","1:1.8.5.1-1","1:1.8.5.2-1","1:1.8.5.2-2","1:1.8.5.3-1","1:1.9~rc1-1","1:1.9.0-1","1:1.9.1-1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-all"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-arch"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-bzr"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-core"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-cvs"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-daemon-run"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-daemon-sysvinit"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-el"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-email"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-gui"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-man"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-mediawiki"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"git-svn"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"gitk"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","binary_name":"gitweb"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000117.json"}},{"package":{"name":"git","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["1:2.5.0-1","1:2.6.2-1","1:2.6.3-1","1:2.6.4-1","1:2.7.0~rc3-1","1:2.7.0-1","1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1","1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1","1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-all"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-arch"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-core"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-cvs"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-daemon-run"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-daemon-sysvinit"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-el"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-email"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-gui"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-man"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-mediawiki"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"git-svn"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"gitk"},{"binary_version":"1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"gitweb"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000117.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}