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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201509-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Git: Arbitrary command execution |
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Date: September 24, 2015 |
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Bugs: #532984 |
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ID: 201509-06 |
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Synopsis |
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An attacker could execute arbitrary commands via Git repositories in a |
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case-insensitive or case-normalizing filesystem. |
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Background |
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Git is a free and open source distributed version control system |
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designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with |
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speed and efficiency. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-vcs/git < 2.0.5 *>= 1.8.5.6 |
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*>= 1.9.5 |
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>= 2.0.5 |
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Description |
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A vulnerability in Git causing Git-compatible clients that access |
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case-insensitive or case-normalizing filesystems to overwrite the |
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.git/config when cloning or checking out a repository, leading to |
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execution of arbitrary commands. |
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Impact |
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An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on a client machine that |
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clones a crafted malicious Git tree. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Git 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-1.8.5.6" |
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All Git 1.9.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-1.9.5" |
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All Git 2.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-2.0.5" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9390 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9390 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-06 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |