Buffer overflow in Git-Scm Git

CVE-2010-2542

Stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory function in setup.c in Git before 1.7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long gitdir: field in a .git file in a working copy.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Git-scm Git
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Permissions Required, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)