Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201603-20
=========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2016-03-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-2324
Package : git
Type    : remote code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package git before version 2.7.4-1 is vulnerable to remote code
execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.7.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "git>=2.7.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in versions 2.4.11, 2.5.5, 2.6.6 and
2.7.4.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Laël Cellier discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the
path_name() function of git.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious
repository and either directly cloning it or getting a local user to
clone it.

References
=========
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/653
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2324

ArchLinux: 201603-20: git: remote code execution

March 20, 2016

Summary

Laël Cellier discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the path_name() function of git.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.7.4-1. # pacman -Syu "git>=2.7.4-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in versions 2.4.11, 2.5.5, 2.6.6 and 2.7.4.

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2324

Severity
Package : git
Type : remote code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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