ubuntu-cve-2017-15298
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-10-14 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_version": "1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10"
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          },
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      },
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        }
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        "1:2.6.2-1",
        "1:2.6.3-1",
        "1:2.6.4-1",
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        "1:2.7.0-1",
        "1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.1",
        "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2",
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        "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.4",
        "1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5"
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15298",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:28Z",
  "published": "2017-10-14T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15298"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/Katee/git-bomb"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://public-inbox.org/git/20171013123521.hop5hrfsyagu7znl@sigill.intra.peff.net/T/#m58c560c18f93476e23110a0656a8d525170d14a2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3829-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15298"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3829-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-15298"
  ]
}



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