[Secure-testing-team] Bug#889680: git: CVE-2018-1000021: client prints server sent ANSI escape codes to the terminal, allowing for unverified messages to potentially execute arbitrary commands

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: git
Version: 1:2.15.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for git.

CVE-2018-1000021[0]:
|client prints server sent ANSI escape codes to the terminal, allowing
|for unverified messages to potentially execute arbitrary commands

Creating this bug to track the issue in the BTS. Apparently the CVE
was sssigned without notifying/discussing it with upstream, at least
according to [1].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000021
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000021
[1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079389#c1

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore