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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2014.0144
           Critical vulnerability in Git client could allow File
                  overwrites and arbitrary code execution
                             23 December 2014

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Git client
Operating System:     Windows
                      OS X
Impact/Access:        Overwrite Arbitrary Files       -- Remote with User Interaction
                      Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2014-9390  
Member content until: Thursday, January 22 2015

OVERVIEW

        Github has identified a client-side vulnerability in Git and 
        Git-compatible Client versions prior to 1.8.5.6, 1.9.5, 2.0.5, 2.1.4
        and 2.2.1.[1]


IMPACT

        Github has provided the following details regarding the 
        vulnerability:
        
        CVE-2014-9390: "The vulnerability concerns Git and Git-compatible 
        clients that access Git repositories in a case-insensitive or 
        case-normalizing filesystem. An attacker can craft a malicious Git 
        tree that will cause Git to overwrite its own .git/config file when
        cloning or checking out a repository, leading to arbitrary command 
        execution in the client machine. Git clients running on OS X (HFS+)
        or any version of Microsoft Windows (NTFS, FAT) are exploitable 
        through this vulnerability. Linux clients are not affected if they 
        run in a case-sensitive filesystem."[1, 3]


MITIGATION

        Users on Windows and Mac OS X systems are advised to update to 
        maintenance release 2.2.1 as soon as possible. Older maintenance
        tracks have a set of new releases which address the 
        vulnerability.[2, 3]


REFERENCES

        [1] Vulnerability announced: update your Git clients
            https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced

        [2] Git 1.8.5.6, 1.9.5, 2.0.5, 2.1.4 and 2.2.1 and thanking friends in
            Mercurial land
            http://git-blame.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html

        [3] [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.2.1 (and updates to older maintenance tracks)
            http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266

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