{"id":"USN-2938-1","summary":"git vulnerabilities","details":"Laël Cellier discovered that Git incorrectly handled path strings in\ncrafted Git repositories. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause\na denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of the user invoking Git. (CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:58Z","published":"2016-03-21T19:28:26Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2315","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2324"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-2315","CVE-2016-2324","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2315","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2324"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2938-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2315"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2324"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"git","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"git","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-all","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-arch","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-bzr","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-core","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-cvs","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-run","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-sysvinit","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"git-el"},{"binary_name":"git-email","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-gui","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-man","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-mediawiki","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"git-svn","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"gitk","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"gitweb","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-2315","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-2324","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2938-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}