Description
Gitk is a Tcl/Tk based Git history browser. Starting with 2.41.0, a Git repository can be crafted in such a way that with some social engineering a user who has cloned the repository can be tricked into running any script (e.g., Bourne shell, Perl, Python, ...) supplied by the attacker by invoking gitk filename, where filename has a particular structure. The script is run with the privileges of the user. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
j6t gitk
>= 2.41.0, < 2.43.7affected>= 2.44.0, < 2.44.4affected>= 2.45.0, < 2.45.4affected>= 2.46.0, < 2.46.4affected>= 2.47.0, < 2.47.3affected>= 2.48.0, < 2.48.2affected>= 2.49.0, < 2.49.1affected>= 2.50.0, < 2.50.1affected