Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-15298
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-15298
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15298
0.64%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 79 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-15298
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST | |
5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-15298
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-15298
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0598-1: moderate: Security update f
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https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb/
Exploding Git Repositories – Kate MurphyExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/
USN-3829-1: Git vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security noticesThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/Katee/git-bomb
GitHub - Katee/git-bomb: A (nearly) uncloneable repoExploit;Third Party Advisory
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