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ID:3612 - Exploit for Input validation error in Git - CVE-2014-9390
ID:3612 - Exploit for Input validation error in Git - CVE-2014-9390
Published: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32461
Vulnerability risk: High
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9390
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Git
Git
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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; libgit2; Egit; and JGit 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.