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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-2542

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-2542

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/11/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory function in setup.c in Git before 1.7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long gitdir: field in a .git file in a working copy.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-git
  • suse-upgrade-git-arch
  • suse-upgrade-git-core
  • suse-upgrade-git-cvs
  • suse-upgrade-git-daemon
  • suse-upgrade-git-email
  • suse-upgrade-git-gui
  • suse-upgrade-git-remote-helpers
  • suse-upgrade-git-svn
  • suse-upgrade-git-web
  • suse-upgrade-gitk

References

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