CVE-2017-15298

git: Mishandling layers of tree objects

Published Oct 14, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6754 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3829-1 Git vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00113}

epss

{'score': 0.00427}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 14, 2017, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 12, 2017, 12:00 AM