MGASA-2014-0546

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    MGASA-2014-0546

    Published: 23 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9390

    Summary: Updated git packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was reported that git, when used as a client on a case-insensitive filesystem, could allow the overwrite of the .git/config file when the client performed a "git pull". Because git permitted committing .Git/config (or any case variation), on the pull this would replace the user's .git/config. If this malicious config file contained defined external commands (such as for invoking and editor or an external diff utility) it could allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the git client (CVE-2014-9390).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0546.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14849, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175960

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/git?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.5.6-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High