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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-3243-1 Moderate: Git Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Update Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to secure against Git vulnerabilities that permit code execution from harmful repositories.
Git could be made to run programs as your login if it explored a specially crafted repository.

Summary

Git could be made to run programs as your login if it explored a specially

crafted repository.

Software Description:

- git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly sanitized branch names in the PS1

variable when configured to display the repository status in the shell

prompt. If a user were tricked into exploring a malicious repository, a

remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution ubuntu repository git

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  git                             1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3243-1

CVE-2014-9938

March 23, 2017

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution ubuntu repository git

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4

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