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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201401-06">
  <title>Git: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>A stack-based buffer overflow in Git might allow a local attacker
    to gain escalated privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">git </product>
  <announced>January 10, 2014</announced>
  <revised>January 10, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>335891</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-vcs/git" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.7.2.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.2.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
      designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with
      speed and efficiency. 
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Git contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory
      function in setup.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted
      git repository.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Git users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-vcs/git-1.7.2.2"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since September 11, 2010. It is likely that your system is
      already no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2542">CVE-2010-2542</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:23 +0000">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:31:29 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>