CVE-2015-7545

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a) .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10
git: through 2.3.9; 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5 (+9)
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
RedHat Software Collections: 1.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00066.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2515.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3435
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/7
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78711
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034501
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255

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