GHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3
JGit Improper Input Validation vulnerability
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit | < 3.5.3 | 3.5.3 |
| PyPI | mercurial | < 3.2.3 | 3.2.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine; libgit2; Egit; and JGit allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9390
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915
- https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2020-217.yaml
- https://libgit2.org/security
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/3.5.3
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211204220400/https://securitytracker.com/id?1031404
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266
- http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147