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Gentoo: GLSA-200907-05 Normal: git-daemon Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2009
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Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202112-01 addresses a vulnerability in systemd that could lead to potential service interruption. Update your packages promptly to ensure security.
An error in git-daemon might lead to a Denial of Service via resource consumption.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: git: git-daemon Denial of Service Date: July 12, 2009 Bugs: #273905 ID: 200907-05

Synopsis ======= An error in git-daemon might lead to a Denial of Service via resource consumption.
Background ========= git - the stupid content tracker, the revision control system used by the Linux kernel team.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/git < 1.6.3.3 >= 1.6.3.3
========== Shawn O. Pearce reported that git-daemon runs into an infinite loop when handling requests that contain unrecognized arguments.
Impact ===== A remote unauthenticated attacke...

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