Improper Input Validation Affecting git package, versions <1:2.1.4-1
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- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 12 Feb 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2014-9390 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
git
to version 1:2.1.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git
package and not the git
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9390
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266
- http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404
- https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915
- https://libgit2.org/security/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9390
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41684