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Git-fastclone passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 15, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 28, 2023

Package

bundler git-fastclone (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.0.5

Patched versions

1.0.5

Description

git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to cd and git clone commands in the library.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 15, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Aug 28, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

3.382%
(92nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-8969

GHSA ID

GHSA-mf6w-45cf-qhmp

Source code

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