USN-8809-1: libgit2 vulnerability
Ubuntu warns libgit2 mishandles some SSH repository URLs, possibly allowing command execution.
Ubuntu security notice USN-8809-1 says libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository URLs when using the SSH transport. Researchers Kazuma Matsumoto and Isabel Mill discovered the issue. Ubuntu warns a remote attacker could possibly use it to execute arbitrary commands. The published text does not include a CVE identifier or report in-the-wild exploitation.
- The flaw is in libgit2 SSH transport URL handling.
- Ubuntu says a remote attacker could possibly run commands.
- The notice lists no CVE and no exploitation.
From the original article
Kazuma Matsumoto and Isabel Mill discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository URLs when using the SSH transport. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
ubuntu.com
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