#VU32461 Input validation error in Git - CVE-2014-9390

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#VU32461 Input validation error in Git - CVE-2014-9390

Published: February 12, 2020 / Updated: July 29, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32461
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9390
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Git
Software vendor:
Git

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.

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