Mageia 2021-0137 Moderate: Git Remote Code Execution Risk
mageia
March 14, 2021
On case-insensitive file systems with support for symbolic links, if Git is configured globally to apply delay-capable clean/smudge filters (such as Git LFS), Git could be fooled i...
Summary
On case-insensitive file systems with support for symbolic links, if Git is
configured globally to apply delay-capable clean/smudge filters (such as Git
LFS), Git could be fooled into running remote code during a clone
(CVE-2021-21300).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28566
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/3/9/995
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21300
Resolution
SRPMS
- 8/core/git-2.30.2-1.mga8
- 7/core/git-2.21.4-1.mga7
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Publication date: 14 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0137.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-21300
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