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Gentoo: GLSA 200809-16 Adverse: Git Code Execution Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2008
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Gentoo Linux Security Alert: GLSA 202310-24 regarding buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Git posing user-triggered execution threats.
Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-16 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Git: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: September 25, 2008 Bugs: #234075 ID: 200809-16

Synopsis ======= Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git.
Background ========= Git is a distributed version control system.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/git < 1.5.6.4 >= 1.5.6.4
========== Multiple boundary errors in the functions diff_addremove() and diff_change() when processing overly long repository path names were reported.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to ...

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